MATH 306 Sample Final SCORE (on next page)

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Math 306
LINEAR ALGEBRA
Final

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 SCORE
1. Determine if the following vectors are linearly dependent or independent.


1 1 0

1 3
1

3 1 1

1 3 1

[10 points]

2. Is the following transformation linear? If not, explain why.

v
T (v) =
||v||
[7.5 points]
3. Find the general solution to the following linear system:

x1 + 3x2 5x3 = 4
x1 + x2 7x3 = 8
2x1 3x2 + x3 = 1

Write solution in parametric vector form.

[10 points]

4. Constuct a 2 3 matrix A, not in echelon form, such that the solution of Ax = 0

is a plane in R3 .
[7.5 points]
5. Find the inverse of
1 0 0 0
1 1 0 0
A= 4
1 1 1 0
3 3
1 1 1
2 2 2
1
[10 points]

6. If the inverse of A2 is B, show that the inverse of A is AB.

[10 points]
7. Let A be an invertible n n matrix, and let B be a n p matrix. Show that the
equation AX = B has a unique solution.
[10 points]

3 7
8. Explain why = 1 , 5 is not a basis for R3 . Find the -coordinate
4 6


11
vector for x = 0 .
7
[10 points]
9. Given the following matrix

1 3 2
3 9 1
2 6 4

(a) Find a basis for Col A.

[5 points]

(b) Find a basis for Row A.

[5 points]

(c) Find a basis for Nul A.

[5 points]

(d) Find a basis for Nul AT .

[5 points]
10. Compute the following determinant. (You can use a combination of row reduction
and cofactor expansion.
 
 1 1 3 0 
 
 0 1 5 4 
 
 1 2 8 5 

 3 1 2 3 
[10 points]

   
3 8
11. Let y = and u = . Write y as the sum of a vector in Span{u} and a
1 6
vector orthogonal to u.
[10 points]
12. Given the following matrix
1 0 1
0 1 2
1 1 1
Find its characteristic equation, eigenvalues & a basis for the eigenspace corresponding
to each eigenvalue.
[10 points]

13. Find the eigenvalues & a basis for each eigenspace in C2 of the following matrix.
 
5 2
1 3
[10 points]
14. Suppose a vector y is orthogonal to vectors u and v. Show that y is orthogonal
to the vector u + v.
[7.5 points]

15. Determine if the following set of vectors is orthogonal. If so, normalize the vectors
to create an orthonormal set.


5 4 3

4 1 3


0 3 5

3 8 1

[7.5 points]
16. Mark each statement T rue or F alse. Justify each answer.

(a) If AB = BA and if A is invertible, then A1 B = BA1 .

[3 points]

(b) If A is m n and rank A = m, then the linear transformation x

7 Ax is
one-to-one.
[3 points]

(c) The rank of a matrix equals the number of nonzero rows.

[3 points]

(d) Each eigenvector of A is also an eigenvector of A2 .

[3 points]

(e) If A is invertible, then A is diagonalizable.

[3 points]
17. Find P , if possible, which diagonalizes the matrix A from question #12.
[5 points]