Edexcel F1 2014 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicMatrices

3. $$\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { l l } 4 & - 2
a & - 3 \end{array} \right)$$ where \(a\) is a real constant and \(a \neq 6\)
  1. Find \(\mathbf { A } ^ { - 1 }\) in terms of \(a\). Given that \(\mathbf { A } + 2 \mathbf { A } ^ { - 1 } = \mathbf { I }\), where \(\mathbf { I }\) is the \(2 \times 2\) identity matrix,
  2. find the value of \(a\).