MATH 306 Spring 2016 Extra Problems SCORE (on next page)

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Math 306
LINEAR ALGEBRA
Exam 1 extra problems

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1. Determine if the following vectors are linearly dependent or independent.


1 1 0
1 3 1



3 1 1
1 3 1
[10 points]

2. Find the general solution of the homogeneous system below. Give your answer as a
vector.

x1 + 2x2 3x3 = 0
4x1 + 7x2 9x3 = 0
x1 4x2 + 9x3 = 0
[10 points]
3. Find the general solution to the following linear system:

x1 + 3x2 5x3 = 4
x1 + x2 7x3 = 8
2x1 3x2 + x3 = 1

Write solution in parametric vector form.

[10 points]

4. Constuct a 2 3 matrix A, not in echelon form, such that the solution of Ax = 0

is a plane in R3 .
[5 points]
5. Compute the product or state that it is undefined.

  8
2 2 6
a) 3
5 8 5
3
[4 points]

5 3 2
b) 3 4 4
3 8 8
[4 points]

1 3 2 b1
6. Let A = 2 5 1 and b = b2 .
3 4 5 b3
Determine if the equation Ax = b is consistent for all possible b1 , b2 , b3 . If the equation
is not consistent for all possible b1 , b2 , b3 , give a description of the set of all b for which
the equation is consistent (i.e., a condition which must be satisfied by b1 , b2 , b3 ).
[10 points]
    
9 3
7. Given u = ,v= . Find the indicated vectors:
7 4
a) u + v
[3 points]

b) v u
[3 points]

c) 5v
[3 points]

d) 2u + 5v
[3 points]

3 4 2
8. Let a1 = 4 , a2 = 1 and b = 10
4 1 6
Determine whether b can be written as a linear combination of a1 and a2 . In other
words, determine whether weights x1 and x2 exist, such that x1 a1 + x2 a2 = b. If so,
determine weights x1 and x2 .
[10 points]
9. Given the following matrix

1 3 2
3 9 1
2 6 4

a) Find a basis for Col A.

[5 points]

b) Find a basis for Row A.

[5 points]

c) Find a basis for Nul A.

[5 points]

d) Find a basis for Nul AT .

[5 points]
10. Compute the following determinant. (You can use a combination of row reduction
and cofactor expansion.
 
 1 1 3 0 
 
 0 1 5 4 
 
 1 2 8 5 

 3 1 2 3 
[10 points]
11. Given the following matrix
1 0 1
0 1 2
1 1 1
Find its characteristic equation, eigenvalues & a basis for the eigenspace corresponding
to each eigenvalue.
[10 points]
12. Find P , if possible, which diagonalizes the matrix A from question #11.
[5 points]

13. Determine if the following set of vectors is orthogonal. If so, normalize the vectors
to create an orthonormal set.


5 4 3
4 1 3


0 3 5

3 8 1
[7.5 points]
14. Mark each statement T rue or F alse. Justify each answer.

a) If AB = BA and if A is invertible, then A1 B = BA1 .

[3 points]

b) If A is m n and rank A = m, then the linear transformation x 7 Ax is

one-to-one.
[3 points]

c) The rank of a matrix equals the number of nonzero rows. identity matrix.
[3 points]

d) Each eigenvector of A is also an eigenvector of A2 .

[3 points]

e) If A is invertible, then A is diagonalizable.

[3 points]