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MATH1850 Midterm 2
Nov, 2013
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2 5 2 4
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6
4 9 2 4 4
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0 4 28 37
1 2 12 16
0 0
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0 0
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Find the column space basis, row space basis, and nullspace basis of A. You must show
all your work for obtaining the nullspace basis.
Final Answers:
b 0 b
b) Suppose that the set W consists of all 3 3 matrices of the form 0 b 0 where
b 0 b
b may be any scalar. Suppose that scalar multiplication and addition for this set
is defined as usual. Determine whether this set is closed under scalar
multiplication (i.e. If u is an object in W and k any scalar, then ku is in W) and
prove your answer.
MATH1850 Midterm 2
Nov, 2013
4. (8 marks total) Answer each question in the space provided. Show ALL your work.
a) (2 marks) The planes 9( x 1) 21( y 3) 12( z 4) 0 and
5x3 7 are linearly independent. Other methods will NOT receive marks.
Hint: In general, W ( x )
f1 ( x )
f1( x )
f1( n 1) ( x )
f 2 ( x)
f 2( x )
f 2( n 1) ( x )
f n ( x)
f n( x )
f n( n 1) ( x )
c) (2 marks) Under what conditions on scalars b and c are the vectors (5b, -1, 2)
and (0, 3c, 7) orthogonal? If there are no restrictions, write N/A.
d) (1 mark) Find the distance between the points (1, 3) and (-5, 2).
MATH1850 Midterm 2
Nov, 2013
5. (12 marks total) Answer each of the following in the space provided. You do NOT
have to show your work; only the final answer will be marked.
a) (3 marks) Find the parametric equations of the line through the point
(3, 1, 2) and perpendicular to the plane 6( x 3) 4( y 5) 6 z 0 .
Answer: x = ___________ y = ____________ z = ______________
b) (1 mark) Find the value(s) of x such that (-1, x, 6) has length 10.
Answer:
____________________________________
a b
a
where a, b are real numbers.
3b
0
Answer:
_______________________________________________
_____________________________
0 1 1
g) (1 mark) Let A = 0 0 1 . Find the rank of A2 .
0 0 0
Answer:
rank(A2) = ____________________________
MATH1850 Midterm 2
Nov, 2013
6. (2 marks each; 10 marks total) For each of the following questions, select ALL of
the correct answers by clearly shading in the appropriate boxes. Each question is worth
2 marks, but there may be anywhere from 0 to 4 correct answers. You will lose marks for
each incorrect choice (i.e. selecting something thats wrong, or missing something thats
correct, up to a maximum of 2 marks deduction per question (i.e. no negative marks )
a) In which of the following cases does w lie in the space spanned by u and v?
[Hint: These can be done by inspection ]
2 0
1
4
1 0
, v =
.
w =
;
1 3
5 5
2 7
w x ; u x 2 1, v x 2 .
w = (4, 1, 5); u = (1, -2, 1), v = (3, -6, 3).
w = (1, 1, 1, 1); u = (1, 0 ,1, 1), v = (0, 3, 0, 0).
b) Which of the following statements are true?
For every non-zero matrix A, we have rank(A) > 0.
If R is the row-echelon form (REF) of matrix A, then the nonzero row
vectors in R are a basis for the row space of A.
If A is a 2 2 matrix with rank(A) = 2 then A is invertible.
If A is a square matrix, then the nullity of A is the same as the nullity of AT
c) Which of the following statements are true?
If span(S ) = R3, then the set S must contain at least 3 vectors
If V is a set of 2 vectors in R2 that spans R2, then V is linearly independent.
It is possible for a set of 8 vectors to span R9.
If S1 is a basis for a subspace W, and S2 is also a basis for W, then S1 and S2
must have the same number of vectors.
d) Consider the set of all 2 2 matrices of the form [1, b, 0, d]. Which of the
following vector space properties hold?
If u and v are objects in V, then u v is in V.
u v vu
There is an object 0 in V called the zero vector for V, such that
u0 0u u
For each u in V, there is an object u in V, called the negative of u, such
that u (u) (u) u 0
e) Suppose it is known that A is a 6 5 matrix with rank(A) = 2. Which of the
following are true?
The nullity of AT must be 4.
The rank of AT could be 6.
The number of parameters in the general solution of Ax 0 is 3.
The row vectors of A form a basis for R6.