Edexcel F1 2023 January — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2023
SessionJanuary
TopicMatrices

  1. Given that
$$\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { r r r } 2 & - 1 & 3
- 2 & 3 & 0 \end{array} \right) \quad \text { and } \quad \mathbf { B } = \left( \begin{array} { r r } 1 & k
0 & - 3
2 k & 2 \end{array} \right)$$ where \(k\) is a non-zero constant,
  1. determine the matrix \(\mathbf { A B }\)
  2. determine the value of \(k\) for which \(\operatorname { det } ( \mathbf { A B } ) = 0\)