Midterm Exam on Introduction to Linear Algebra (MAS109)

2012. 3. 29(Thu) 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Spring 2012 MAS109
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8(d) /10 Total /160
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1. Compute determinants of the following matrices:
(a)
_

_
4 0 2 1
12 1 0 4
9 1 4 3
3 0 0 1
_

_
(b)
_

_
1 4 0 4
0 2 6 0
3 12 3 11
2 8 0 7
_

_
(c)
_

_
1 0 2 4 0
2 4 0 7 2
2 0 5 6 1
1 0 2 4 0
0 1 0 7 2
_

_
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2. [3 points for correct answer, -3 points for incorrect answer, and 0 otherwise for each ques-
tion.] Check if each of the following statements is true (T) or false (F).
(a) A homogeneous linear system of equations is consistent.
(b) If Ax = b is any consistent linear systems of m equations in n unknowns, then the solution
set is a subspace of R
n
.
(c) If A is an invertible skew-symmetric matrix, then A
1
is skew-symmetric.
(d) If the reduced row echelon form of the augmented matrix of a system of equations has a row
consisting of zeros, then the system of equations has innitely many solutions.
(e) If W is a subspace of R
n
, then span(W)=W.
(f) If A and B are square matrices with the same size, then tr(AB) = tr(A)tr(B).
(g) If a square matrix A satises the equation A
2
+ 2A + I = 0, then A is invertible.
(h) Every square matrix can be expressed as a sum of a symmetric matrix and a skew-symmetric
matrix.
(i) A nilpotent matrix can have an inverse.
(j) If span(S
1
) = span(S
2
), then S
1
= S
2
.
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)
True
False
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3. (a) Solve the following linear system,
_
_
_
x
1
+ x
2
+ 3x
3
+ 10x
4
+ x
5
= 0
x
1
+ 2x
2
+ x
3
+ 4x
4
+ 7x
5
= 0
x
1
+ 3x
2
+ 4x
3
+ 13x
4
+ 8x
5
= 0
,
and nd a general solution of it.
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(b) Find necessary and sucient condition(s) on b = (b
1
, . . . , b
4
) for the system Ax = b to be
consistent, where A is the matrix
A =
_

_
1 1 2
1 2 3
3 1 4
2 3 1
_

_
Condition(s) must be given in the form of a equation(s) satised by b.
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4. Let A be the matrix
A =
_
_
1 0 1
0 4 2
0 0 16
_
_
Find a matrix B such that B
2
= A.
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5. Let
A =
_
_
a 0 0
b 0 1
c 1 0
_
_
(a) Determine a, b and c so that the linear operator T
A
is an orthogonal linear operator on R
3
.
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(b) Determine a, b and c so that the linear operator T
A
is a rotation on R
3
.
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(c) In question 5(b), determine the axis of rotation and the angle of rotation.
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6. T(x, y, z, w) = (x + 4y + 5z 3w, y + z w, 3x 2y + z + 5w)
(a) Find the standard matrix A so that T = T
A
.
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(b) Find ran(T) and check whether b = [1 0 2]
T
is in the ran(T).
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(c) Find ker(T).
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7. Let A =
_
_
1 0 a
0 1 0
a 0 1
_
_
where a is real.
(a) Find the eigenvalues
1
,
2
,
3
.
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(b) Compute
1
+
2
+
3
.
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(c) For which value of a, is A invertible?
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(d) In question 7(c), nd adj(A) and A
1
.
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(e) In question 7(c), solve Ax =
_
_
1
1
1
_
_
.
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8. Consider four points:
P
0
(0, 0, 0), P
1
(1, 2, 3), P
3
(3, 2, 1), P
4
(3, 0, 3)
(a) Find the volume of the tetrahedron formed by the above four points.
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(b) Find v =

P
1
P
2

P
1
P
3
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(c) Find the area of the triangle P
1
P
2
P
3
.
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(d) Compute tan where is the angle between

P
1
P
2
and

P
1
P
3
.
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