MTH501-Linear Algebra

Midterm Special 2006

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Question # 1:-
⎡3 1⎤
⎢4 2 ⎥⎦
⎣
Let A= Write 5A.Is det5A=5detA?

⎡3 1⎤
Let A = A = ⎢
⎣4 2 ⎥⎦
⎡3 1⎤ ⎡15 5 ⎤
5A = 5 ⎢ =
⎣4 2 ⎥⎦ ⎢⎣ 20 10 ⎥⎦
det 5 A = ((15 × 10) − (20 × 5))
det 5 A = 150 − 100 = 50
det 5 A = 50

det A = ((3 × 2) − (1× 4))

det A = 6 − 4 = 2
5det A = 5 × 2 = 10

Hence proved det5A not equal to 5detA

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Question #2:-
⎡5 1⎤ ⎡2 0⎤
⎢3 ⎥
− 2⎦ ⎢ 3 ⎥⎦
⎣ ⎣4
Let A = and B = .Show that these matrices do not commute.

Solution:-

⎡ 5 1 ⎤ ⎡ 2 0 ⎤ ⎡14 3 ⎤
AB = ⎢ ⎥⎢ ⎥=⎢ ⎥
⎣ −3 2 ⎦ ⎣ 4 3⎦ ⎣ −2 −6 ⎦
⎡ 2 0 ⎤ ⎡5 1 ⎤ ⎡10 2 ⎤
BA = ⎢ ⎥⎢ ⎥=⎢ ⎥
⎣ 4 3 ⎦ ⎣3 −2 ⎦ ⎣ 29 −2 ⎦

AB ≠ BA
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Question # 3:-
 3 x1 − 2 x 2 = 6 −5 x 1 + 4 x 2 = 8
Use Cramer’s rule to solve the system ,
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Solution:-
3 x1 − 2 x 2 = 6

−5 x 1 + 4 x 2 = 8

View the System as Ax =b. Using the notation introduced above.

⎡ 3 −2 ⎤
A⎢ ⎥
⎣ −5 4 ⎦
⎡ 6 −2 ⎤
A1 (b) = ⎢ ⎥
⎣8 4 ⎦
⎡ 3 6⎤
A2 (b) = ⎢ ⎥
⎣ −5 8 ⎦
Since detA = 2, the system has a unique solution. By Cramer’s rule,

det A1 (b) 24 + 16
x1 = = = 20
det A 2
det A2 (b) 24 + 30
x2 = = = 27
det A 2
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Question # 4:-
Find the matrix of linear transformation
T : R3 → R 4 defined by
T ( x1 , x2 , x3 ) = ( x1 + x2 , x2 + x3 , x1 − x3 , x1 ) 3
with respect to the standard basis of R ?
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Solution:-
The standard basis of R3 is {e1, e2, e3}
E1 = (1, 0, 0)
E2 = (0, 1, 0)
E3 = (0, 0, 1)

T(e1) = T (1, 0, 0) = (1, 0, 1, 1)

T(e2) = T (0, 1, 0) = (1, 1, 0, 0)
T(e3) = T (0, 0, 1) = (0, 1, -1, 0)
The matrix of linear transformation is
 ⎡1 1 0⎤
⎢0 1 1 ⎥⎥
A= ⎢
⎢1 0 − 1⎥
⎢ ⎥
⎣1 0 0⎦

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⎡3 2 1⎤
A = ⎢⎢ 0 k 2 ⎥⎥
⎢⎣ 0 4 2 ⎥⎦
A =0
If such that then the value of k is
¾ 8
¾ 4
¾ 0
¾ None of these

x + y =1
x+ y =0
The system of linear equations has
¾ No solution
¾ Infinitely many solutions
¾ Infinitely many solutions
¾ d) None of these
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⎡4 3⎤
⎢ ⎡2 5⎤
A = ⎢7 2 ⎥⎥ and B = ⎢
⎣1 6 ⎥⎦
⎢⎣9 0 ⎥⎦

Let then AB is
⎡11 38⎤
⎢16 47 ⎥⎥
⎢
⎢⎣18 45 ⎥⎦

¾ a)
¾ b) A and B are not comfortable for multiplication
 ⎡11 38⎤
⎢16 47 ⎥⎥
⎢
⎢⎣8 45 ⎦⎥

¾ c)
¾ d) None of these
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⎡ −4 ⎤ ⎡ 2 ⎤
⎢ ⎥,⎢ ⎥
⎣6 ⎦ ⎣ −3⎦ 2

Determine whether the set S={ } is a spanning set for

R or not.
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→R
2 3

Let T :
R be a linear transformation defined by T(x)=Ax , where
⎡1 − 3⎤ ⎡3 ⎤
⎢3 5⎥ ⎥ ⎢2 ⎥
⎢ ⎢ ⎥
⎢⎣ −1 7 ⎥⎦ ⎢⎣ −5 ⎥⎦
2

A= ,then find an x in
R whose image under T is b.Where b=
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⎡1 2 ⎤
⎢ 5 1⎥
⎣ ⎦
The inverse of the matrix is
⎡ 1 − 2⎤
⎢ −5 1⎥⎦
⎣
¾ (a)
1 ⎡ 1 − 2⎤
9 ⎢⎣ 5 1⎥⎦
¾ b)
1 ⎡ −1 2⎤
9 ⎢⎣ 5 − 1⎥⎦
¾ (c)
¾ d) None of these
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The set of vectors {(5,0,0), (7,2,-6), (9,4,-8)} is,
¾ a) Linearly independent
¾ b) Linearly dependent
¾ c) Basis of R3