M340L FINAL EXAM 1:00 Your name:

FALL, 2010
Dr. Schurle Your UTEID:

Show all your work on these pages. THIS SHOULD ALWAYS INCLUDE AN INDI-
CATION OF HOW YOU OBTAINED YOUR RESULTS! Be organized and neat. Your
work should be your own; there should be no talking, reading notes, checking laptops, using
cellphones, . . . .
THE EXAM HAS 13 PROBLEMS.

1. (6 points) Use parametric vector form to describe all solutions of the system Ax = 0,
where A is given below. DO NOT USE A CALCULATOR!! SHOW ALL YOUR
WORK STEP BY STEP!!

5 0 10 0 15 20
 
 −3 1 −7 0 −7 −13 
A= 
1 −1 3 1 2 7 
 

1 −1 3 2 3 9
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2. (10 points) Are the columns of the following matrix linearly independent? Do they
span R4 ? Show all your work and justify your answers.

5 10 15 20
 

 −3 −4 −8 −11 

1 0 6 6 
 

1 0 10 11

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3. (7 points) Find the inverse of A = and use it to solve 4AX + 3B = C for X,
2 4
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1 1 2 4 1 −1
where B = and C = .
0 2 3 2 2 0
4. (9 points) Suppose T is a linear transformation from R3 to R4 for which

x1 − x2
 
 
x1  2x1 − 3x2 + x3 
T  x2  =  .
   
 x1 + x 2 + x3 
x3
2x1 − x2 + 3x3

(a) Give a matrix for T relative to the standard bases.

 
2
(b) Calculate and simplify T  1 
 

−1

(c) Find a basis for the range of T , that is, the set of all T (x) for x in R3 .

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5. (5 points)
" Is# the set of all vectors in R inside the unit circle, that is, the set of all
x
vectors in R2 for which x2 + y 2 < 1, a subspace of R2 ? Justify your answer.
y
6. (9 points) The dimension of the column space of a 19 × 25 matrix A is 17.

(a) What is the largest number of linearly independent vectors in the row space of
A?

(b) What is the smallest number of vectors needed to span Nul A?

(c) Is there a b in R19 for which the system Ax = b is inconsistent? Justify your
answer.

7. (6 points) Suppose there are exactly 5 linearly independent solutions of a homogeneous

system Ax = 0 of 32 equations in 36 unknowns. Does Ax = b have a solution for
every b in R32 ? Justify your answer.

 
−36 29 23
8. (5 points) Is 2 an eigenvalue of  −84 68 54 
? If so, find a basis for its


48 −39 −31
eigenspace. If not, explain why not. Show the work that justifies your answer.
9. (15 points) This problem has five parts.
(a) Show that B = {1, 1 + t, 1 + t2 , t2 + t3 } is a basis for the space P3 of polynomials
of degree at most three.

1
 
 2 
(b) If [r(t)]B =  , then find and simplify r(t).
 
 −1 
3

(c) Find the change of coordinates matrix from B to the standard basis S = {1, t, t2 , t3 }.

(d) Find the change of coordinates matrix from the standard basis S to the basis B.

(e) Find [r(t)]B if r(t) = 2 + 3t + t2 − t3 .

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10. (10 points) (a) Diagonalize the matrix A = , that is, give a matrix P and a
1 −3
diagonal matrix D for which A = P DP −1 .

(b) Continuing part (a), find and simplify a formula for Ak .

11. (6 points) Let T : P2 → P2 be the linear tranformation for which T (1) = 1 + t + t2 ,

T (t) = 2t − t2 , and T (t2 ) = t + t2 .

(a) Find the matrix of T relative to the standard basis of P2 .

(b) Find the matrix of T relative to the basis B = {1 + t, t + t2 , t2 }.

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12. 
(6 points)
 Let
 W be
 the subspace of R spanned by the orthogonal vectors
1 −1 6
 2   −2   11 
     
     
 −1  and  1 , and let y =  −5 .
     
 0   1   2 
     
3 2 −1

(a) Find the vector in W that is closest to y.

(b) Find a nonzero vector in W ⊥ .

13. (6 points) We would like to determine parameters m and b so that the line y = mx + b
passes through the points (1, 2), (3, 5), (4, 7) and (6, 9).

(a) Write down four equations that we’d like

" the# parameters m and b to satisfy, then
m
write down this system in the form A = c.
b

(b) Find the least squares solution of the system in (a).