OCR FP1 2007 January — Question 10

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2007
SessionJanuary
Topic3x3 Matrices

10 The matrix \(\mathbf { D }\) is given by \(\mathbf { D } = \left( \begin{array} { r r r } a & 2 & 0
3 & 1 & 2
0 & - 1 & 1 \end{array} \right)\), where \(a \neq 2\).
  1. Find \(\mathbf { D } ^ { - 1 }\).
  2. Hence, or otherwise, solve the equations $$\begin{aligned} a x + 2 y & = 3
    3 x + y + 2 z & = 4
    - y + z & = 1 \end{aligned}$$