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MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.
FindthematrixproductAB,ifitisdefined.
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1) A= 1 3 -3 ,B= -3 1 .
3 0 5
05

1)

A)

B)

-12 -6
25 9
C) ABisundefined.

3 -9 0
0 0 25
D)
-6 -12
9 25

Performthematrixoperation.
2) LetA= -5 2 andB= 1 0 .Find2A+ 3B.
A) -10 4
B) -2 2

2)
C) -9 4

D) -7 4

Findtheinverseofthematrix,ifitexists.
3) A= -5 4
0 4
A)

3)

B)
1
1
- -
5
5
0

C)
1 1
-
5 5

1
4

1
4

D)
1
4

1
5

0 -

1
5

Decidewhetherornotthematricesareinversesofeachother.
1 1
2 4
4) -2 4 and 1 1
4 -4
2 4
A) Yes

1
4

1 1
5 5

4)
B) No

Determinewhetherthematrixisinvertible.
5) 6 1
3 4
A) Yes

6)

5)
B) No

8 5 -8
7 2 -7
-4 0 4
A) No

6)
B) Yes

Computethedeterminantofthematrixbycofactorexpansion.
427
7) 9 3 5
794
A) 1084
B) -286
C) 286
5
0
8) 0
0
0

2
4
0
0
0

-2
2
-2
0
0

5
1
3
-1
0

7)
D) 146

-4
0
7
-5
2

8)

B) -80

A) 0

C) 80

D) -40

3 1 2
9) -3 -1 -6
6 5 3

9)

A) -9
2
10) 2
6
-2

-2
2
-6
2

6
7
13
-6

B) -36

C) 0

D) 36

4
1
14
1

10)

A) -200

C) -100

B) 100

Calculatetheareaoftheparallelogramwiththegivenvertices.
11) (0,0),(2,6),(11,8),(9,2)
A) 52
B) 100
C) 50

D) -50

11)
D) 49

Determinethevaluesoftheparametersforwhichthesystemhasauniquesolution,anddescribethesolution.
12)
12) sx1 -5sx2 =3
3x1 -15sx2 =5
A) s1;x1 =

9 - 5s
4
andx2 =
15(s-1)(s+1)
15(s-1)(s+1)

B) s1;x1 =

14
9+ 5s
andx2 =
3(s+1)
15s(s+1)

C) s0,1;x1 =
D) s1;x1 =

4
9 - 5s
andx2 =
3(s-1)
15s(s-1)

4
9 - 5s
andx2 =
3(s+1)
15s(s+1)

IfthesetWisavectorspace,findasetSofvectorsthatspansit.Otherwise,statethatWisnotavectorspace.
a- 4b
6
,whereaandbarearbitraryrealnumbers.
13)
13) Wisthesetofallvectorsoftheform
6a+b
-a-b
A)
B) Notavectorspace
1
-4
6 , 0
6
1
-1
-1
D)
C)
0
1
1 -4
-4
0 , 0 , 6
0 , 6
1
1
0
6
6
0
-1
-1
-1 -1
Solvetheproblem.
1
14) Findallvaluesofhsuchthatywillbeinthesubspaceof3 spannedbyv1 ,v2 ,v3 ifv1 = 2 ,
-4
3
3
-1
v2 = 4 ,v3 = 0 ,andy= 5 .
0
h
-8
A) allh-10
B) h=-12
C) h= -10
D) h=-10or0
FindanexplicitdescriptionofthenullspaceofmatrixAbylistingvectorsthatspanthenullspace.
1 -2 3 -3 -1
15) A= -2 5 -5 4 -4
-1 3 -2 1 -5
A)
B)
1
12
0
-5 7
0
6
1
-1 -2
1 , 0 , 0
5 , 1
0
1
0
-7
-2
0
0
1
-13 -6
C)
D)
2 -3 3
13
-5 7
-1
1 -1 2
6
6
-1 2
1 , 0 , 0
0 , 1 , 0 , 0
0
0 0
1
0
1
0
0
0 0
0
1
0
1
FindamatrixAsuchthatW=ColA.
3r-t
2r-s+2t
:r,s,tin
16) W=
s+5t
r-5s+t
A)
B)
3 2 0 1
0 3 -1
0 -1 1 -5
2 -1 2
-1 2 5 1
0 1 5
1 -5 1

14)

15)

16)
C)

D)
3
2
1
1

-1
2
5
-5

3
2
0
1

0
-1
1
-5

-1
2
5
1

Findabasisforthecolumnspaceofthematrix.
17) FindabasisforColBwhere
1
0
B= 0
0
0
A)

17)

1 0 -2 0 0
0 1 -3 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 .
0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0
B)
0
0
0
1
0 , 1 , 0 , 0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0

1 0
-2
0
0
1
0 1
-3
0
0
0
0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 1 , 0
0 0
0
0
1
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
C)

D)
1 0
0
0 0
0
0 , 1 , 0
0 0
1
0 0
0

1 0
0
0
0 1
0
0
0 , 0 , 1 , 0
0 0
0
1
0 0
0
0

Determinewhichofthesetsofvectorsislinearlyindependent.
18) A:Theset p1 ,p2 ,p3 wherep1 (t)=1,p2 (t)=t2 ,p3 (t)=3+3t

18)

B:Theset p1 ,p2 ,p3 wherep1 (t)=t,p2 (t)=t2 ,p3 (t)=2t+3t2

C:Theset p1 ,p2 ,p3 wherep1 (t)=1,p2 (t)=t2 ,p3 (t)=3+3t+t2
A) Conly
B) allofthem
C) Aonly
D) Bonly
E) AandC
Findthevectorxdeterminedbythegivencoordinatevector [x]B andthegivenbasisB.
19) B= -1 , 0
-3 1
A)
2
3

,[x]B= -2
3

19)
B)

C)
-1
-2

D)
2
9

Findthecoordinatevector[x]BofthevectorxrelativetothegivenbasisB.
20) b1 = 3 ,b2 = 3 ,x= -9 ,andB= b1 ,b2
2
-10
-2
A)
B)
C)
-9
-4
-4
1
2
-10

-3
9

20)
D)
-57
2

Solvetheproblem.
a+2b+2d
c+d
:a,b,c,din
21) LetH=
-3a-6b+4c-2d
-c-d

21)

FindthedimensionofthesubspaceH.
A) dimH=3
B) dimH= 4

C) dimH= 2

D) dimH=1

Findthedimensionsofthenullspaceandthecolumnspaceofthegivenmatrix.
22) A= 1 -3 -5 3 0
-2 1 3 -4 1
A) dimNulA=4,dimColA=1
B) dimNulA= 2,dimColA=3
C) dimNulA=3,dimColA=2
D) dimNulA= 3,dimColA=3

22)

SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.
Solvetheproblem.
23) Supposeanonhomogeneoussystemof 15 linearequationsin17 unknownshasasolution
forallpossibleconstantsontherightsideoftheequation.Isitpossibletofind 4nonzero
solutionsoftheassociatedhomogeneoussystemthatarelinearlyindependent?Explain.

23)

MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.
24) IfAisa79matrix,whatisthesmallestpossibledimensionofNulA?
A) 9
B) 7
C) 2

24)
D) 0

AnswerKey
Testname:TEST_2_PRACTICE

1) D
2) D
3) B
4) B
5) A
6) A
7) C
8) C
9) D
10) A
11) C
12) C
13) B
14) C
15) C
16) D
17) D
18) E
19) C
20) B
21) C
22) C
23) No.
SinceeverynonhomogeneousequationAx=bhasasolution,ColAspans15.SoDimColA=15.BytheRank
Theorem,dimNulA=17-15=2.Sotheassociatedhomogeneoussystemdoesnothavemorethan 2linearly
independentsolutions.
24) C