DAWSON COLLEGE

FINAL LINEAR ALGEBRA (SCIENCE)

MAY 22ND, 2002
(1) [7 marks] (a) Use the Gauss-Jordan method to solve:
2 x1 + 4 x 2 − x 3 + 2 x 4 = 7 U|
2 x1 + 4 x 2 − 2 x 3 = 4 V|
x 3 + 2x 4 = 3 W
(b) What is the particular solution in which x1 = 5 , x 3 = 3 ?

(2) [6 marks] For what values of “k” will the system

( k − 2 )x + 2z = 2 k − k 2 U|
y − 2z = k − 2 V| have infinitely many solutions?
( k − 2 )x + y = 0 W
(3) [10 marks] Let
LM1 0 0OP LM1OP
MM0 1 0PP
A= 0 0 1 ,
MM3PP
B= 2 , C = −1 0 −2
N Q NQ
Find, if possible:

(a) BC (b) AB − BA (c) B − 2C T

d
(d) det −2 A 2 i (e) A10

(4) [8 marks] Let

LM1 3 3OP
MM1 4 3PP
G= 1 3 4
N Q
LM1 0OP
(a) Find G −1
MM0 1PP
and hence solve for X in: GX = 1 1
N Q
(b) Using G −1, solve:

x + 3y + 3z = 2 U|
x + 3y + 4z = 3 V|
x + 4 y + 3z = 1 W
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(5) [6 marks] (a) Given a 3 × 3 matrix A such that det A = −2 ,
d i
find det 2 A T
−1
.
(b) Suppose B is a 3 × 3 matrix. Given B3 − 8I = 0 ,
what is det B ?

(6) [4 marks] NOTE: E is IDEMPOTENT if E 2 = E ; S is SELF-INVERSE

if S 2 = I .
(a) What is the only type of matrix which is both idempotent
and self-inverse?
(b) Prove: if E = 12 (I − S) where I is the n × n identity matrix,
and S is self-inverse, then E is idempotent.

(7) [15 marks] Let K K K

K
u = 2 i + j + 2 k ≡ 2, 1, 2
K K
a f
K
v= i −k
K K
≡ 1, 0, − 1 a Find: f
K
w = − i − j + 3k ≡ −1, − 1, 3
K
a f
(a) a unit vector in the same direction
K K as
K w.
K K
(b) scalar “c” such that x = ci − j + 2 k will be perpendicular to u .
K K
(c) sin θ , where
K θ = the angle between u and v .
(d) proj wK u
K K K
(e) the volume of the parallelepiped with edges u, v and w .

K K 2 K 2 K K K 2
(8) [6 marks] Prove that A − B = A − 2 A ⋅ B + B , for all vectors
K K
A and B .

(9) [6 marks] (a) At what point do the lines

R|x = 1 + 3t R|x = 4 − 3s
L : Sy = 4 − 2 t and L : Sy = 2 + 2s intersect?
1
|Tz = −2 + 4t 2
|Tz = −8 + s

(b) Find the equation of the plane containing L1 and L 2 .

(10) [9 marks] a f a
Given the points A 2, 1, 1 , B 3, 2, 2 and C 3, − 2, 2 f a f
(a) find the area of ∆ABC .
(b) find equations of the line passing through A and C.
(c) at which point does the line in (b) cut the YZ-plane?
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(11) [9 marks] Consider the plane P :6 x + 2 y + 3z − 6 = 0 and the point
a
Q 7, − 1, 5 .f
(a) Find equations of the line L perpendicular to P and
passing through Q.
(b) Find the point on the plane P closest to Q.

(12) [4 marks] Consider the subset W = {da, a 2

i}
a ε R . Is this subset a
SUBSPACE of R 2 ? Justify your answer.

(13) [3 marks] State the test for linear independence and use it to test whether the
la fa fa fq
set P = 3, 1, − 2 , −2, − 3, − 1 , 1, 3, 3 is linearly independent
or dependent.

(14) [3 marks] la f a fq
Let S = 1, 3 , 5, 2 k . Find the number “k” so that the
vectors in S will be linearly dependent.

(15) [4 marks] Find a BASIS for the solution space of

x1 − 2 x 2 + 5x 3 + 3x 4 = 0 U|
− x1 + 3x 2 − x 3 + 2 x 4 = 0 V|
− x1 + 6 x 2 + 11x 3 + 17x 4 = 0 W
What is the DIMENSION of this solution space?