Albert Town High School

Mathematics worksheet
Matrices and simultaneous equations

Answer all questions

3 2 
1. If A =  
 2 −3 
a. Evaluate the determinant of A
b. Determine A−1
3x + 2 y = 1
c. Using A−1 solve the simultaneous equations
2x − 3y = 5

x − y = −5
2. Given the equations
3 x + 2 y = −5
a. Write the equations in matrix form
b. Determine the inverse of the matrix
c. Hence solve the equations

3. Write down the inverse of the matrix

1 4
a.  
2 1
b. Hence or otherwise determine the value of a, b, c and d for
 1 4   a b   4 13 
  = 
2 1 c d  8 5 

2 1 
4. Given that P =  
 5 −3 
a. Evaluate P −1
 2 1   7 
b. Use a matrix method to solve x   + y  = 
5  −3   1 
2 5 
5. Given That M =  
 7 15 
a. Show that M is a non-singular matrix
b. Write down the inverse of M
c. Write down the 2x2 matrix which is equal to the product of M × M −1
 2 5   x   −3 
d. Pre multiply both sides of the following equation by M −1    =  
 7 15   y   17 
e. Hence solve for x and y

2x + 5 y = 6
6. Given the linear equations
3x + 4 y = 8
a. Write the equations in the form AX = B , where A , X and B are matrices
b. Calculate the determinant of Matrix A
 −4 5 
 7 7 
c. Show that A−1 =  
 3 −2 
 
 7 7 
d. Using A−1 solve for x and y