Linear Algebra (EE)

Let $v_1$ and $v_2$ be the two eigen vectors corresponding to distinct eigen values of a $3 \times 3$ real symmetric matrix. Which one of the following statements is true?

Let $A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 1 & 1 \\ -1 & -1 & -1 \\ 0 & 1 & -1\end{array}\right]$ and $b=\left[\begin{array}{c}1 / 3 \\ -1 / 3 \\ 0\end{array}\right]$, then the system of linear equations $A x=b$ has

Let $P=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}2 & 1 & 0 \\ -1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1\end{array}\right]$ and let $I$ be the identity matrix. Then $P^2$ is equal to

The sum of the eigenvalues of the matrix $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}^2$ is ______ (rounded off to the nearest integer).

If, for non-zero real variables $x$, $y$, and real parameter $a > 1$, $x : y = (a + 1) : (a - 1)$, then, the ratio $(x^2 - y^2) : (x^2 + y^2)$ is

Which one of the following matrices has an inverse?

Three points in the x-y plane are ($$-$$1, 0.8), (0, 2.2) and (1, 2.8). The value of the slope of the best fit straight line in the least square sense is _________ (Round off to 2 decimal places).

The price of an item is 10% cheaper in an online store S compared to the price at another online store M. Store S charges Rs.150 for delivery. There are no delivery charges for orders from the store M. A person bought th...

Consider a 3 $$\times$$ 3 matrix A whose (i, j)-th element, a i,j = (i $$-$$ j) 3 . Then the matrix A will be

The letters P, Q, R, S, T and U are to be placed one per vertex on a regular convex hexagon, but not necessarily in the same order. Consider the following statements : $$\bullet$$ The line segment joint R and S is longer...

e 4 denotes the exponential of a square matrix A. Suppose $$\lambda$$ is an eigen value and v is the corresponding eigen-vector of matrix A. Consider the following two statements: Statement 1 : e $$\lambda$$ is an eigen...

Consider a matrix $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 & 0 & 0 \cr 0 & 4 & { - 2} \cr 0 & 1 & 1 \cr } } \right]$$. The matrix A satisfies the equation 6A $$-$$1 = A 2 + cA + dI, where c and d are scalars and I is the identify matrix...

Let $A$ be a $10 \times 10$ matrix such that $A^5$ is null matrix and let $I$ be the $10 \times 10$ identity matrix. The determinant of $A+I$ is $\_\_\_\_$ .

Which one of the following numbers is exactly divisible by $\left(11^{13}+1\right) ?$

Let $p$ and $q$ be real numbers such that $p^2+q^2=1$. The eigen values of the matrix $\left[\begin{array}{cc}p & q \\ q & -p\end{array}\right]$ are

It takes two hours for a person X to mow the lawn. Y can mow the same lawn in four hours. How long (in minutes) will it take X and Y, if they work together to mow the lawn?

The ratio of the number of boys and girls who participated in an examination is 4 : 3. The total percentage of candidates who passed the examination is 80 and the percentage of a girls who passed is 90. The percentage of...

Given two sets X = {1, 2, 3} and Y = {2, 3, 4}, we construct a set Z of all possible fractions where the numerators belong to set X and the denominators belong to set Y. The product of elements having minimum and maximum...

The eigen values of the matrix given below are $$\left[ {\matrix{ 0 & 1 & 0 \cr 0 & 0 & 1 \cr 0 & { - 3} & { - 4} \cr } } \right]$$

Let $$\,{y^2} - 2y + 1 = x$$ and $$\,\sqrt x + y = 5.\,\,$$ The value of $$\,x + \sqrt y \,\,$$ equals ________. (Given the answer up to three decimal places)

The matrix $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ {{3 \over 2}} & 0 & {{1 \over 2}} \cr 0 & { - 1} & 0 \cr {{1 \over 2}} & 0 & {{3 \over 2}} \cr } } \right]$$ has three distinct eigen values and one of its eigen vectors is $$\left[ {\ma...

Let $$x$$ and $$y$$ be integers satisfying the following equations $$$2{x^2} + {y^2} = 34$$$ $$$x + 2y = 11$$$ The value of $$(x+y)$$ is _________.

Let $$P = \left[ {\matrix{ 3 & 1 \cr 1 & 3 \cr } } \right].$$ Consider the set $$S$$ of all vectors $$\left( {\matrix{ x \cr y \cr } } \right)$$ such that $${a^2} + {b^2} = 1$$ where $$\left( {\matrix{ a \cr b \cr } } \r...

$$A$$ $$3 \times 3$$ matrix $$P$$ is such that , $${p^3} = P.$$ Then the eigen values of $$P$$ are

Let $$A$$ be a $$4 \times 3$$ real matrix which rank$$2.$$ Which one of the following statement is TRUE ?

Let the eigenvalues of a $$2 \times 2$$ matrix $$A$$ be $$1,-2$$ with eigenvectors $${x_1}$$ and $${x_2}$$ respectively. Then the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix $${A^2} - 3A + 4{\rm I}$$ would respectively, b...

Consider $$3 \times 3$$ matrix with every element being equal to $$1.$$ Its only non-zero eigenvalue is __________.

If the sum of the diagonal elements of a $$2 \times 2$$ matrix is $$-6$$, then the maximum possible value of determinant of the matrix is ____________.

We have a set of $$3$$ linear equations in $$3$$ unknown. $$'X \equiv Y'$$ means $$X$$ and $$Y$$ are equivalent statements and $$'X \ne Y'$$ means $$X$$ and $$y$$ are not equivalent statements. $$P:$$ There is a unique s...

The maximum value of $$'a'$$ such that the matrix $$\left[ {\matrix{ { - 3} & 0 & { - 2} \cr 1 & { - 1} & 0 \cr 0 & a & { - 2} \cr } } \right]$$ has three linearly independent real eigenvectors is

$$A = \left[ {\matrix{ p & q \cr r & s \cr } } \right];B = \left[ {\matrix{ {{p^2} + {q^2}} & {pr + qs} \cr {pr + qs} & {{r^2} + {s^2}} \cr } } \right]$$ If the rank of matrix $$A$$ is $$N$$, then the rank of matrix $$B$...

Which one of the following statements is true for all real symmetric matrices?

Given a system of equations $$$x + 2y + 2z = {b_1}$$$ $$$5x + y + 3z = {b_2}$$$ Which of the following is true its solutions

A system matrix is given as follows $$$A = \left[ {\matrix{ 0 & 1 & { - 1} \cr { - 6} & { - 11} & 6 \cr { - 6} & { - 11} & 5 \cr } } \right].$$$ The absolute value of the ratio of the maximum eigenvalue to the minimum ei...

A matrix has eigen values $$-1$$ and $$-2.$$ The corresponding eigenvectors are $$\left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr { - 1} \cr } } \right]$$ and $$\left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr { - 2} \cr } } \right]$$ respectively. The matrix is

The equation $$\left[ {\matrix{ 2 & { - 2} \cr 1 & { - 1} \cr } } \right]\left[ {\matrix{ {{x_1}} \cr {{x_2}} \cr } } \right] = \left[ {\matrix{ 0 \cr 0 \cr } } \right]$$ has

Given that $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ { - 5} & { - 3} \cr 2 & 0 \cr } } \right]$$ and $${\rm I} = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 & 0 \cr 0 & 1 \cr } } \right],$$ the value of $${A^3}$$ is

The matrix $$\left[ A \right] = \left[ {\matrix{ 2 & 1 \cr 4 & { - 1} \cr } } \right]$$ is decomposed into a product of lower triangular matrix $$\left[ L \right]$$ and an upper triangular $$\left[ U \right].$$ The prope...

The two vectors $$\left[ {\matrix{ {1,} & {1,} & {1} \cr } } \right]$$ and $$\left[ {\matrix{ {1,} & {a,} & {{a^2}} \cr } } \right]$$ where $$a = {{ - 1} \over 2} + j{{\sqrt 3 } \over 2}$$ are

The two vectors $$\left[ {\matrix{ 1 & 1 & 1 \cr } } \right]$$ and $$\left[ {\matrix{ 1 & a & {{a^2}} \cr } } \right]$$ where $$a = - {1 \over 2} + j{{\sqrt 3 } \over 2}$$ and $$j = \sqrt { - 1} $$ are

For the set of equations $$${x_1} + 2{x_2} + {x_3} + 4{x_4} = 2,$$$ $$$3{x_1} + 6{x_2} + 3{x_3} + 12{x_4} = 6.$$$ The following statement is true

An eigen vector of $$p = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 & 1 & 0 \cr 0 & 2 & 2 \cr 0 & 0 & 3 \cr } } \right]$$ is

The trace and determinant of a $$2 \times 2$$ matrix are shown to be $$-2$$ and $$-35$$ respectively. Its eigen values are

If the rank of a $$5x6$$ matrix $$Q$$ is $$4$$ then which one of the following statements is correct?

Let $$P$$ be $$2x2$$ real orthogonal matrix and $$\overline x $$ is a real vector $${\left[ {\matrix{ {{x_1}} & {{x_2}} \cr } } \right]^T}$$ with length $$\left| {\left| {\overline x } \right|} \right| = {\left( {{x_1}^2...

$$A$$ is $$m$$ $$x$$ $$n$$ full rank matrix with $$m > n$$ and $${\rm I}$$ is an identity matrix. Let matrix $${A^ + } = {\left( {{A^T}A} \right)^{ - 1}}{A^T}.$$ Then which one of the following statement is false?

The characteristic equation of a $$3\,\, \times \,\,3$$ matrix $$P$$ is defined as $$\alpha \left( \lambda \right) = \left| {\lambda {\rm I} - P} \right| = {\lambda ^3} + 2\lambda + {\lambda ^2} + 1 = 0.$$ If $${\rm I}$$...

Let $$x$$ and $$y$$ be two vectors in a $$3-$$ dimensional space and $$ < x,y > $$ denote their dot product. Then the determinant det $$\left[ {\matrix{ { < x,x > } & { < x,y > } \cr { < y,x > } & { < y,y > } \cr } } \ri...

$$X = {\left[ {\matrix{ {{x_1}} & {{x_2}} & {.......\,{x_n}} \cr } } \right]^T}$$ is an $$n$$-tuple non- zero vector. The $$n\,\, \times \,\,n$$ matrix $$V = X{X^T}$$

If $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ { - 3} & 2 \cr { - 1} & 0 \cr } } \right]$$ then $$A$$ satisfies the relation

If $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ { - 3} & 2 \cr { - 1} & 0 \cr } } \right]\,$$ then $${A^9}$$ equals

$${q_1},\,{q_2},{q_3},.......{q_m}$$ are $$n$$-dimensional vectors with $$m < n.$$ This set of vectors is linearly dependent. $$Q$$ is the matrix with $${q_1},\,{q_2},{q_3},.......{q_m}$$ as the columns. The rank of $$Q$...

For the matrix $$P = \left[ {\matrix{ 3 & { - 2} & 2 \cr 0 & { - 2} & 1 \cr 0 & 0 & 1 \cr } } \right],$$ one of the eigen values is $$-2.$$ Which of the following is an eigen vector?

If $$R = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 & 0 & { - 1} \cr 2 & 1 & { - 1} \cr 2 & 3 & 2 \cr } } \right]$$ then the top row of $${R^{ - 1}}$$ is

In the matrix equation $$PX=Q$$ which of the following is a necessary condition for the existence of atleast one solution for the unknown vector $$X.$$

The determinant of the matrix $$\left[ {\matrix{ 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \cr {100} & 1 & 0 & 0 \cr {100} & {200} & 1 & 0 \cr {100} & {200} & {300} & 1 \cr } } \right]$$ is

Find the eigen values and eigen vectors of the matrix $$\left[ {\matrix{ 3 & { - 1} \cr { - 1} & 3 \cr } } \right]$$

If $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 & { - 2} & { - 1} \cr 2 & 3 & 1 \cr 0 & 5 & { - 2} \cr } } \right]$$ and $$adj (A)$$ $$ = \left[ {\matrix{ { - 11} & { - 9} & 1 \cr 4 & { - 2} & { - 3} \cr {10} & k & 7 \cr } } \right]$$ then...

If the vector $$\left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr 2 \cr { - 1} \cr } } \right]$$ is an eigen vector of $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ { - 2} & 2 & { - 3} \cr 2 & 1 & { - 6} \cr { - 1} & { - 2} & 0 \cr } } \right]$$ then one of the eigen va...

If $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ 5 & 0 & 2 \cr 0 & 3 & 0 \cr 2 & 0 & 1 \cr } } \right]$$ then $${A^{ - 1}} = $$

A set of linear equations is represented by the matrix equations $$Ax=b.$$ The necessary condition for the existence of a solution for this system is

$$A = \left[ {\matrix{ 2 & 0 & 0 & { - 1} \cr 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \cr 0 & 0 & 3 & 0 \cr { - 1} & 0 & 0 & 4 \cr } } \right].$$ The sum of the eigen values of the matrix $$A$$ is

Express the given matrix $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ 2 & 1 & 5 \cr 4 & 8 & {13} \cr 6 & {27} & {31} \cr } } \right]$$ as a product of triangular matrices $$L$$ and $$U$$ where the diagonal elements of the lower triangular mat...

Given the matrix $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ 0 & 1 & 0 \cr 0 & 0 & 1 \cr { - 6} & { - 11} & { - 6} \cr } } \right].\,\,$$ Its eigen values are

The inverse of the matrix $$S = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 & { - 1} & 0 \cr 1 & 1 & 1 \cr 0 & 0 & 1 \cr } } \right]$$ is

The rank of the following $$(n+1)$$ $$x$$ $$(n+1)$$ matrix, where $$'a'$$ is a real number is $$$\left[ {\matrix{ 1 & a & {{a^2}} & . & . & . & {{a^n}} \cr 1 & a & {{a^2}} & . & . & . & {{a^n}} \cr . & {} & {} & {} & {}...

$$A$$ $$\,\,5 \times 7$$ matrix has all its entries equal to $$1.$$ Then the rank of a matrix is

The eigen values of the matrix $$\left[ {\matrix{ a & 1 \cr a & 1 \cr } } \right]$$ are

The number of linearly independent solutions of the system of equations $$\left[ {\matrix{ 1 & 0 & 2 \cr 1 & { - 1} & 0 \cr 2 & { - 2} & 0 \cr } } \right]\,\,\left[ {\matrix{ {{x_1}} \cr {{x_2}} \cr {{x_3}} \cr } } \righ...