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This quiz is worth a total of 100 points, and the value of each question is listed with each question.
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Quiz 8 (25 mins), MA1502 Calculus II, 4/10/2014

1.

(30 pts) Mark each statement True of False. No explanation is required, but +5pts

but -2pts each for the incorrect answer .

each for the correct answer

False

The cofactor expansion of det A down a column is dierent from the cofactor expansion along a row.

True

If B is produced by interchanging two rows of A, then det B = det A.

False

If det A is zero, then two rows or two columns are the same, or a row or a column is zero.

True

Let A and B square matrices. det AB = det BA holds.

True

If ~v1 and ~v2 are eigenvectors that correspond to distinct eigenvalues, then they are linearly independent.

True

If A2 is the zero matrix, then the only eigenvalue of A is 0.

2.

(40 pts) Let A and B be 4 4 matrices, with det A = 1 and det B = 2. Compute:
a.det AB
d.det A

-2

b.det A

-1

e.det B

AB

-1
-1

c.det 2A
f.det B

-16
4

Fill the box above, and show your work here:

det AB = det A det B = 1 2 = 2 (6pt)
det A5 = (det A)5 = (1)5 = 1 (6pt)
det 2A = 24 det A = 16 (8pt)
det I = det A det A1 , and det A1 = det1 A = 1 (8pt)
det B 1 AB = det B 1 det A det B = det A = 1 (6pt)
det B T B = (det B)2 = 4 (6pt)

0 1
3 1 , and nd the corresponding eigenvectors.
3.
4 5
Answer: To determine if 4 is an eigenvalue of A, decide if the matrix A 4I is invertible.

1 0 1
34
0
1
34
1 = 2 1 1
A 4I = 2
3
4
54
3 4
1
3
(30 pts) Show that 4 is an eigenvalue of A = 2
3

Invertibility can be checked in several ways, but since an eigenvector is needed in the event that one exists, the best
strategy is to row reduce the augmented matrix for (A 4I)~x = ~0:

1
2
3

0
1
4

1
1
1

0
1
0 0
0
0

0
1
0

1 0
1 0
0 0

The equation (A 4I)~x = ~0 has a nontrivial solution, so 4 is an eigenvalue. Any nonzero solution of (A 4I)~x = ~0 is
a corresponding eigenvector. The entries in a solution satisfy x1 + x3 = 0 and x2 x3 = 0, with x3 free. The general
solution is

1
~x = x3 1 .
1

1
Simply take any nonzero value for x3 to produce an eigenvector. If x3 = 1, then ~x = 1 . Note that you can take
1
any nonzero for x3 , but if you give two vectors with dierent x3 's, two vectors are not linearly independent!