Botswana Accountancy College

School of Computing and Information Systems

Computer related Mathematics and Statistics

Tutorial 6: Matrices

Question 1

Given matrices A, B, C and D;

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A = !!% #!
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a) Find Matrices
(i) A + B (ii) A + C
(iii) 3A – 4D
b) Find Matrices

(i) AB (ii) AC
(iii) AD (iv) BC
(v) BD (vi) CD
c) Find Matrices
(i) AT (ii) ATC
(iii) DTAT (iv) BTA
(v) DTD (vi) DDT
Question 2

Printer paper is supplied in three sizes, A, B and C. The selling price is P15 for one box of printer paper A, P12
for one box of printer paper B, P10 for one box of printer paper C.

a) Express the selling price of one box of each size paper as a column matrix P.

b) In a year the number of boxes of size A paper sold each quarter is 500, 200, 600, and 400. The number
of boxes of size B paper sold each quarter is 300, 250, 200, and 125. The number of boxes of size C
paper sold each quarter is 200, 175, 300, and 100.

Express the yearly sales as a 4 x 3 matrix, N.

c) If S = N * P, find the matrix S.

d) What does the matrix S represent?

Question 3
a) On Graph Paper using a scale of 1 cm = 1 unit on both axes:
i. Plot the point (2,1). Label this point as P. [1]

ii. Draw the displacement vectors:

4 2 -4
PQ = QR = and RS =
2 4 -2

[Note: indicate direction of vectors by using arrows]

b) Write down the representation of shape A as a 2 x 4 matrix. [3]

c) If T1 = 0.5 0 and T2 = 0 2

0 -0.5 -2 0

B = T1 * A and C = T2 * B calculate matrix B and matrix C. [4]

d) Plot, draw and label shapes B and C on the Same Graph paper as shape A. [6]
e) Describe fully, the single transformation that moves shape A to shape C [3]
f) Write down the 2 x 2 matrix that moves shape A to shape C [2]
Question 4

a) Shape A is represented by the matrix

0 2 5 4 3 2

-4 -2 -4 3 2 4

b) Calculate B = -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
+ 2*A
-3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 [2]

c) Calculate C =
1 2 * -1 0
0 1 0 -1 *A [3]

d) By using a Scale of 1 cm = 1 unit on each axis, plot and draw the shapes A, B and C on the same graph
paper. [5]

Question 5
g) On Graph Paper using a scale of 2 cm = 1 unit on both axes for -5 ≤ x ≤ 5 and 5 ≤ y ≤ 5

iii. Plot the point (-5,-1), Q(-2,0) and R (-3,2) on graph paper
iv. Using straight lines, join P to Q, Q to R and R to P. Label this as shape A.
v. Write down the matrix representation of shape A.
vi. If

8 8 8 0 -1
T1 = and T2 =
1 1 1
1 0

and B = T1 + 2*A and C = T2 * A. Calculate matrix B and C.

Plot, draw and label the shape as B and C on the same graph paper [4]

h) Calculate the matrix D when D = T2 * B [2]

i) If D = 2 * C + E, calculate matrix E [4]

j) Plot, draw and Label shapes D on the Same Graph paper as shape A. [4]

k) Describe fully, the single transformation that moves shape A to