CAIE Further Paper 2 2022 June — Question 3

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 2 (Further Paper 2)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicInvariant lines and eigenvalues and vectors

3 The matrix \(\mathbf { A }\) is given by $$\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { l l l } 6 & - 9 & 5
5 & - 8 & 5
1 & - 1 & 2 \end{array} \right)$$
  1. Find the eigenvalues of \(\mathbf { A }\).
  2. Use the characteristic equation of \(\mathbf { A }\) to show that \(\mathbf { A } ^ { - 1 } = p \mathbf { A } ^ { 2 } + q \mathbf { l }\), where \(p\) and \(q\) are constants to be determined.