MATH 3A - Spring 2019

Final Exam

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• This is a closed-book test. No notes, no cell phones, no graphing calculators.

• You have 2 hours to complete the test.

• Be sure to show all your work.

• Please, write clearly and legibly. Indicate scratch work clearly so

it won’t be graded.

• Read all the problems first, and start with the one you find the easiest.
If you have trouble with one problem, move on quickly to the next one and
return to it at the end, if time permits. Write down the sequence of steps
you would take to solve it, for partial credit.

• Academic dishonesty in any form will result in a zero score.

1. /30 2. /25 3. /30 4. /25 5. /30

6. /30

Total : /170

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Problem 1 (30 points)

True/False, no justification required

(1) Every matrix has a unique reduced echelon form

(2) Every linear map T : Rn → Rm is one-to-one

(3) The vector Ax is a linear combination of the columns of A

(4) If A has fewer pivots than rows, then the null space of A has positive
dimension

(5) All matrices are diagonalizable

(6) If B is a multiple of the n × n identity matrix, then for any n × n

matrix A one has AB = BA.

(7) A linear transformation T : Rn → Rm is one-to-one if the equation

T x = 0 has only the trivial solution

(8) Every linear transformation T : Rn → Rm is represented by matrix

multiplication by an m × n matrix.

(9) Suppose A is an n × n matrix. If Ax = b is always solvable, then A

is invertible

(10) If A has a free variable then Ax = b is always solvable

(11) If A is invertible, then A is row equivalent to the identity matrix.

(12) If A is an m × n matrix, then rank A + dim Null(A) = m.

(13) The matrices A and P −1 AP have the same eigenvalues.

(14) It is possible to find a set of 12 linearly independent vectors in R10 .

(15) If v1 and v2 are eigenvectors corresponding to distinct eigenvalues,

then v1 and v2 are linearly independent.
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Problem 2 (25 points)

Describe all solutions, if any, of the system of equations
2x1 + x2 + 2x4 = 2
x2 − 4x3 − 2x4 = − 4
x1 + x3 + 2x4 = 2.
by the following steps:
(1) Write an augmented matrix representing this system of equations (5 points)

(2) Apply row reduction to put this matrix into reduced echelon form. (10
points)

(3) Describe the solution(s), if any, using back substitution (10 points)
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Problem 3 (30 points)

Let T denote the linear transformation T : R3 → R2 defined by its action on the
standard basis ei by
     
1   0   0  
0 −1 0
T 0 =
  , T 1 =
  , T 0 =
  .
1 0 0
0 0 1

(1) (10 points) Write a matrix A such that for all x one has T x = Ax.

(2) (10 points) Consider the basis for R3 given by

     
1 0 −1
b1 = −1 , b2 =  1  , b3 =  0 
0 −1 1
Express each bi as a linear combination of ei .

(3) (10 points) Write down the matrix for T with respect to the basis {bi } for
R3 and the standard basis for R2 .
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Problem 4 (25 points)

Let A denote the matrix
 
1 2 0 0 0
A = 2 4 1 3 1
1 2 2 6 2
(1) (5 points) What is the domain and codomain of the linear transformation
T x = Ax?

(2) (15 points) Find a basis for the null space of A

(3) (5 points) What is the dimension of the column space of A? Explain.

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Problem 5 (30 points)

Let A denote the matrix
 
2 1 0
A = 0 2 0
1 1 1
(1) (5 points) Find the characteristic polynomial of A.

(2) (15 points) A has eigenvalues 1 and 2. Find bases for the corresponding
eigenspaces.

(3) (10 points) Is A diagonalizable? Explain.

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Problem 6 (30 points)

Let A denote the matrix
 
1 0 1
A = 0 0 2
3 2 1
(1) (10 points) Compute det((AT )9 )

(2) (15 points) Find A−1