Practice

Matrices
2

1. Evaluate 6
3

2. Given that A =
3
1

3
4

3. Given A =
2

7
4 .
0

4 2
1

2
,B=
2

2
3

4
1

and B =
, evaluate 2A + 3B AB.
2 5

1
4. Given P = 2
1

1
3
2
4
10 , Q = 1 5 and R = 0

5. (a) If M = 3
2

1

2 and N =
1

6

12
30

13

13

(b) Evaluate PQ such that P =

3

5
0

6. (a) If A =
4
(i)

A2,
1

(b) If A =
3
(i)
(vi)

A2,
AB,

(ii)
2
4

and C =
, compute 2A + B C.
2 3

(iii)

B2,

18
, evaluate MN.
15

22

and B =
7

7
, evaluate P(Q + R).
2

22

13

and Q =

22

13

22

1
, evaluate
2

AB,

(iv)

BA.

and B =
, evaluate
2 1
(ii)
(vii)

B2,
BA.

(iii)

A + B, (iv)

2a 2

7. Solve for the values of a, b, c and d for which 2

3c

8. (a) Find the product of

4

2
3
and

3
4

2
.
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A B, (v)
3
4
3

B A,

2
4
2 b 2
a b
2

d
4
3

2
7 a .
2

(b) Given that

4

2 x
19

, use the answer to (a) to find the values of x and y.

5 y
10

9. A man owns two shops, A and B, each selling 4 types of tea: P, Q, R and S. Over two
consecutive days, the sales figures of his shops are recorded and represented by the
following matrices.
P

Shop A: Day 1 $40

Day 2 $30
P

$110
$60
Q

$30
$100
R

$70
$120
S

$60
$70

$400
$100

$120
$80

Shop B: Day 1 $25

Day 2 $200

Use matrices to find the total sales figure of each shop over the two-day period.
10. The stock holdings of A and B are given by the following matrix.
Company W
A
B

1500
500

Company X

Company Y

500
500

500
0

Company Z
2500
1000

The closing prices of companies W, X, Y and Z are $20, $40, $110 and $80 respectively.
Use matrices to find the values of the total stock holding of A and of B.
11. A cinema complex has four theaters, I, II, III and IV. The admission charge to each theater
is $3 for children, $4 for students and $5 for adults. The attendance on a certain day is
given by the following matrix.
Theater I
Children
Students
Adults

200
110

90

Theater II

Theater III

75
90
60

100
25
60

Theater IV
25
75
90

Use matrices to calculate the total admission charge collected from the whole cinema
complex on that day.
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