Edexcel F3 2015 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2015
SessionJune
Topic3x3 Matrices

  1. \(\mathbf { M } = \left( \begin{array} { r r r } 0 & 1 & 9
    1 & 4 & k
    1 & 0 & - 3 \end{array} \right)\), where \(k\) is a constant.
Given that \(\left( \begin{array} { r } 7
19
1 \end{array} \right)\) is an eigenvector of the matrix \(\mathbf { M }\),
  1. find the eigenvalue of \(\mathbf { M }\) corresponding to \(\left( \begin{array} { r } 7
    19
    1 \end{array} \right)\),
  2. show that \(k = - 7\)
  3. find the other two eigenvalues of the matrix \(\mathbf { M }\). The image of the vector \(\left( \begin{array} { c } p
    q
    r \end{array} \right)\) under the transformation represented by \(\mathbf { M }\) is \(\left( \begin{array} { r } - 6
    21
    5 \end{array} \right)\).
  4. Find the values of the constants \(p , q\) and \(r\).