Edexcel F1 2016 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicMatrices

4. Given that $$\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { c c } k & 3
- 1 & k + 2 \end{array} \right) \text {, where } k \text { is a constant }$$
  1. show that \(\operatorname { det } ( \mathbf { A } ) > 0\) for all real values of \(k\),
  2. find \(\mathbf { A } ^ { - 1 }\) in terms of \(k\).