Edexcel F1 2017 June — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2017
SessionJune
Topic3x3 Matrices

2. Given that $$\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { r r r } 3 & 1 & - 2
- 1 & 0 & 5 \end{array} \right) \text { and } \mathbf { B } = \left( \begin{array} { r r } 2 & 4
- k & 2 k
3 & 0 \end{array} \right) , \text { where } k \text { is a constant }$$
  1. find the matrix \(\mathbf { A B }\),
  2. find the exact value of \(k\) for which \(\operatorname { det } ( \mathbf { A B } ) = 0\)