CAIE FP1 2013 November — Question 11 OR

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2013
SessionNovember
TopicInvariant lines and eigenvalues and vectors

The vector \(\mathbf { e }\) is an eigenvector of each of the \(3 \times 3\) matrices \(\mathbf { A }\) and \(\mathbf { B }\), with corresponding eigenvalues \(\lambda\) and \(\mu\) respectively. Justifying your answer, state an eigenvalue of \(\mathbf { A } + \mathbf { B }\). The matrix \(\mathbf { A }\), where $$\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { r r r } 6 & - 1 & - 6
1 & 0 & - 2
3 & - 1 & - 3 \end{array} \right)$$ has eigenvectors \(\left( \begin{array} { l } 1
1
1 \end{array} \right) , \left( \begin{array} { r } 1
- 1
1 \end{array} \right) , \left( \begin{array} { l } 2
0
1 \end{array} \right)\). Find the corresponding eigenvalues. The matrix \(\mathbf { B }\), where $$\mathbf { B } = \left( \begin{array} { r r r } 8 & - 2 & - 8
2 & 0 & - 4
4 & - 2 & - 4 \end{array} \right) ,$$ also has eigenvectors \(\left( \begin{array} { l } 1
1
1 \end{array} \right) , \left( \begin{array} { r } 1
- 1
1 \end{array} \right) , \left( \begin{array} { l } 2
0
1 \end{array} \right)\), for which \(- 2,2,4\), respectively, are corresponding eigenvalues. The matrix \(\mathbf { M }\) is given by \(\mathbf { M } = \mathbf { A } + \mathbf { B } - 5 \mathbf { I }\), where \(\mathbf { I }\) is the \(3 \times 3\) identity matrix. State the eigenvalues of \(\mathbf { M }\). Find matrices \(\mathbf { R }\) and \(\mathbf { S }\) and a diagonal matrix \(\mathbf { D }\) such that \(\mathbf { M } ^ { 5 } = \mathbf { R D S }\).
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