OCR Further Pure Core AS 2022 June — Question 2

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Pure Core AS (Further Pure Core AS)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicMatrices

2 Matrices \(\mathbf { A }\) and \(\mathbf { B }\) are given by \(\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { r r } a & 1
- 1 & 3 \end{array} \right)\) and \(\mathbf { B } = \left( \begin{array} { l l } - 2 & 5
- 1 & 0 \end{array} \right)\) where \(a\) is a constant.
  1. Find the following matrices.
    • \(\mathbf { A } + \mathbf { B }\)
    • AB
    • \(\mathbf { A } ^ { 2 }\)
      1. Given that the determinant of \(\mathbf { A }\) is 25 find the value of \(a\).
      2. You are given instead that the following system of equations does not have a unique solution.
    $$\begin{array} { r } a x + y = - 2
    - x + 3 y = - 6 \end{array}$$ Determine the value of \(a\).