OCR FP1 2015 June — Question 3

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicMatrices

3 The matrix \(\mathbf { A }\) is given by \(\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { l l } 2 & a
0 & 1 \end{array} \right)\), where \(a\) is a constant.
  1. Find \(\mathbf { A } ^ { - 1 }\). The matrix \(\mathbf { B }\) is given by \(\mathbf { B } = \left( \begin{array} { l l } 2 & a
    4 & 1 \end{array} \right)\).
  2. Given that \(\mathbf { P A } = \mathbf { B }\), find the matrix \(\mathbf { P }\).