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Find the rank of the following matrices:
(a) 12325841018
(b) 132132154
(c) 123234456
(d) 123231231
(e) 131619141720151821
(f) 133396264

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Solution

(a) |A|=20 ρ(A)=3
(b) Apply R2R1,R3R1 |A|=40
ρ(A)=3
(c) R3R2,R2R1 makes two rows identical.
|A|=0
minor of order 2 is not zero
ρ(A)=2
(d) R2+R3 gives |A|=0
ρ(A)=2 as above
(e) ρ(A)=2 exactly as in part (c)
(f) R3+2R1 amkes R3 a row of zeros.
|A|=0
ρ(A)=2 as above.

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