β§
β¨
(5)
(5)
2π₯1
β3π₯1
β©
βπ₯1
β‘
3 5
β’ β1 3
2. Given the following matrix π΄ = β’
β£ 0 π
0 4
1. Write the solution to the system
β
+
+
0
1
0
0
4π₯2 β
4π₯2 β
3π₯2 +
β€
4
β2 β₯
β₯
1 β¦
π
2π₯3
π₯3
3π₯3
+ 8π₯4
β 2π₯4
β 9π₯4
= β4
=
0
=
5
(a) Find β£π΄β£ in terms of π.
(4)
(5)
(b) For what values of π is π΄ non-invertible?
β€
β‘
2 β3 β14
3. Find the inverse of β£ 1 β2 β7 β¦
β3
5
22
β€
β‘
3
2
6
9
4
22 β¦
4. Given the following matrix π΄ = β£
β12 β12 β11
(a) Write π΄ as the product of a lower triangular matrix πΏ and an upper triangular matrix π .
(b) What is β£π΄β£?
(6)
5. Consider the following block matrix:
β€
β‘
0 π΅ 0
π =β£ 0 0 π΄ β¦
πΌ 0 0
(a) Given that π΄ and π΅ are invertible, ο¬nd
β‘
0
β’ 0
β’
β’ 0
β’
(b) Use part (a) to ο¬nd the inverse of β’
β’ 0
β’ 0
β’
β£ 1
0
(4)
the block matrix form for π β1
β€
0 8 13 0 0 0
0 3 5 0 0 0 β₯
β₯
0 0 0 1 0 0 β₯
β₯
0 0 0 0 1 0 β₯
β₯
0 0 0 4 0 1 β₯
β₯
0 0 0 0 0 0 β¦
1 0 0 0 0 0
6. Set up an augmented matrix for ο¬nding the loop currents of the following electrical network.
You do not have to solve the system.
3β¦
2β¦
5V
+
I1
1β¦
4β¦
I2
6β¦
10V
+
I3
7β¦
2β¦
I4
15V
+
(5)
7. Let π΄ be a 4 × 4 matrix with β£π΄β£ = β3. Let π΅ be a 4 × 4 non invertible matrix.
For each part, either provide an answer or write βnot enough informationβ.
(a) What the value of β£2π΄β£?
(b) What is the value of β£π΄π΅β£?
(c) What is the value of β£π΄ + π΅ + πΌβ£?
(d) What is the value of β£(π΄π π΄)β1 β£?
(6)
8. Let π΄ and π΅ be π × π matrices and suppose π΄π΅ is its own inverse. (That is, (π΄π΅)β1 = π΄π΅.)
(a) The inverse of π΅π΄π΅ is: (choose the correct answer)
(1) π΄π΅π΄
(3) π΄π΅
(5) π΄
(2) π΅π΄π΅
(4) π΅π΄
(6) π΅
(b) Is matrix π΅ necessarily invertible? Justify your answer.
(c) Prove that π΅π΄ is also its own inverse.
(d) Evaluate and simplify (π΄π΅ + πΌ)(π΄π΅ + πΌ).
(e) What is (π΄π΅ + πΌ)8 ?
(4)
9. Find both 2 × 2 matrices π΄ such that the transformation π (x) = π΄x transforms the unit square from position
1 to the rectangle in position 2 (as seen below).
Position 1
Position 2
1
-2
1
(7)
10. Givenβ‘ that
2
4
β’ 2 β4
π΄=β’
β£ 1
0
β2
3
β‘
1 0 4
β’ 0 1 3
π
=β’
β£ 0 0 0
0 0 0
20
β4
4
1
7
β11
β1
6
0 β1
0 β3
1
2
0
0
6
β5
4
0
0
β12
β3
5
β€
20
17
β12 β21 β₯
β₯
2
β1 β¦
β3
8
β€
2
β2 β₯
β₯
3 β¦
0
(a) Find a basis for the column space of π΄
(b) Find a basis for the row space of π΄
(c) Find a basis for the null space of π΄
(d) What is rank(π΄)?
(e) What is dim(Nul(π΄))?
(f) What is rank(π΄π )?
-1
row reduces to
(g) What is dim(Nul(π΄π ))?
(5)
11. Let π» be the set of all 2 × 2 matrices such that the sum of all entries is zero.
(a) Provide an example of an invertible matrix in π».
(b) Find a basis for this subspace of π2×2
(8)
(c) What is the dimension of π»?
{[
]
}
π₯
12. Let π» =
: β£π₯β£ = β£π¦β£ be a subset of R2 .
π¦
(a) Does π» satisfy closure under vector addition? Justify.
(b) Does π» contain the zero vector of R2 ? Justify.
(c) Does π» satisfy closure under scalar multiplication? Justify.
(d) Is π» a vector subspace of R2 ? Justify.
(8)
13. Find a speciο¬c example for each of the following:
(a) a 2 × 2 matrix π΄ such that Col(π΄) =Nul(π΄).
(b) a 3 × 3 matrix π΄ with every entry diο¬erent such that β£π΄β£ = 0
(c) two orthogonal vectors in R3 that have no zero entries.
(d) A line in R3 which is parallel to the π₯π¦-plane..
(9)
14. Let π«1 be the plane 2π₯ + 3π¦ + 3π§ = β8
Let π«2 be the plane π₯ + 2π¦ + 2π§ = β6
Let π«3 be the plane π₯ + 2π¦ + 2π§ = 1
(a) Find the equation of the line of intersection between π«1 and π«2 .
(b) What is the cosine of the angle between π«1 and π«2 ?
(c) Find the distance from π«2 to π«3 .
(10)
15. Let π« be the plane containing the points π(1, 2, 3), π
(2, 3, 3) and π(6, 4, β2).
(a) Find a normal vector to π«.
(b) Find an equation for the plane π« (in standard form ππ₯ + ππ¦ + ππ§ = π).
(c) Find the area of triangle ππ
π.
(4)
(5)
(d) Find the volume of the parallelepiped deο¬ned by the edges ππ, ππ
, ππ, where π is the origin.
β‘
β€
β‘
β€
β2
2
16. Find the point of intersection between the plane 3π₯ β 2π¦ + 5π§ = 3 and the line x = β£ β4 β¦ + π‘ β£ 2 β¦
8
β3
17. Let π : π β π be a one-to-one linear transformation.
(a) Write the deο¬nition of βlinearly independentβ. Be precise.
(b) Let {π£1 , π£2 , . . . , π£π } be a linearly independent set in π above.
Prove that {π (π£1 ), π (π£2 ), . . . , π (π£π )} is also linearly independent.
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