CAIE Further Paper 2 2021 November — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 2 (Further Paper 2)
Year2021
SessionNovember
TopicInvariant lines and eigenvalues and vectors

6 The matrix \(\mathbf { P }\) is given by $$\mathbf { P } = \left( \begin{array} { r r r } 1 & 6 & 6
0 & 2 & 6
0 & 0 & - 3 \end{array} \right) .$$
  1. Use the characteristic equation of \(\mathbf { P }\) to find \(\mathbf { P } ^ { - 1 }\).
  2. Find the matrix \(\mathbf { A }\) such that $$\mathbf { P } ^ { - 1 } \mathbf { A } \mathbf { P } = \left( \begin{array} { l l l } 4 & 0 & 0
    0 & 5 & 0
    0 & 0 & 6 \end{array} \right) .$$
  3. State the eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors of \(\mathbf { A } ^ { 3 }\).