EE1009-B: Engineering Mathematics – Linear Algebra

Midterm Exam
Date: 2020/11/13

Question 1: (10%)
Solve the given linear system

2I1 − I 2 + 3I 3 + 4I 4 = 9
I1 − 2I 3 + 7I 4 = 11
3I1 − 3I 2 + I 3 + 5I 4 = 8
2I1 + I 2 + 4I 3 + 4I 4 = 10

Question 2: (10%)
Show that if A, B and A+B are invertible matrices with the same size,

then A( A−1 + B −1 )B( A + B)−1 = I

Question 3: (10%)
Use the inversion algorithm to find the inverse of the matrix (if the inverse exists)
⎡ 2 −4 0 0 ⎤
⎢ ⎥
⎢ 1 2 12 0 ⎥
⎢ 0 0 2 0 ⎥
⎢ 0 −1 −4 −5 ⎥⎦
⎣

Question 4: (10%)
Find the standard matrix A for the linear transformation T : R 2 → R 2
for which

⎛ ⎡ 1 ⎤⎞ ⎡ 1 ⎤ ⎛ ⎡ 2 ⎤⎞ ⎡ −2 ⎤
T ⎜ ⎢ ⎥⎟ = ⎢ ⎥ ,T ⎜ ⎢ ⎥⎟ = ⎢ ⎥
⎝ ⎣ 1 ⎦⎠ ⎣ −2 ⎦ ⎝ ⎣ 3 ⎦⎠ ⎣ 5 ⎦
Question 5: (10%)
1 x1 x12
Prove that 1 x2 x2 2 = (x2 − x1 )(x3 − x1 )(x3 − x2 )
1 x3 x32

Question 6: (10%)
Decide whether the matrix is invertible, and if so, use the adjoint method to find its
⎡ 1 3 1 1 ⎤
⎢ ⎥
2 5 2 2
inverse. A= ⎢ ⎥
⎢ 1 3 8 9 ⎥
⎢ 1 3 2 2 ⎥
⎣ ⎦

Question 7: (10%, each 5%)

a = (2, 1, 1, 2) and b = (4, -4, 2, -2)
(a) Find the vector component of a along b
(b) Find the vector component of a orthogonal to b

Question 8: (10%)

( ) ( )
Prove the identity u ⋅ v x w = − u x w ⋅ v

Question 9: (20%, each 10%)

(a) Find the area of the triangle having vertices A(1, 0, 1), B(0, 2, 3), and C(2, 1, 0)
(b) Using the result of part (a) to find the length of the altitude from vertex C to side
AB