031 Review Problems

This is a list of sample problems and is meant to represent the material usually covered in Math 31. An actual test may or may not be similar.

1. True or false: If all the entries of a  $7\times 7$  matrix  $A$  are  $7,$  then  ${\text{det }}A$  must be  $7^{7}.$

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2. True or false: If a matrix  $A^{2}$  is diagonalizable, then the matrix  $A$  must be diagonalizable as well.

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3. True or false: If  $A$  is a  $4\times 4$  matrix with characteristic equation  $\lambda (\lambda -1)(\lambda +1)(\lambda +e)=0,$  then  $A$  is diagonalizable.

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4. True or false: If  $A$  is invertible, then  $A$  is diagonalizable.

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5. True or false: If  $A$  and  $B$  are invertible  $n\times n$  matrices, then so is  $A+B.$

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6. True or false: If  $A$  is a  $3\times 5$  matrix and  ${\text{dim Nul }}A=2,$  then  $A{\vec {x}}={\vec {b}}$  is consistent for all  ${\vec {b}}$  in  $\mathbb {R} ^{3}.$

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7. True or false: Let  $C=AB$  for  $4\times 4$  matrices  $A$  and  $B.$  If  $C$  is invertible, then  $A$  is invertible.

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8. True or false: Let  $W$  be a subspace of  $\mathbb {R} ^{4}$  and  ${\vec {v}}$  be a vector in  $\mathbb {R} ^{4}.$  If  ${\vec {v}}\in W$  and  ${\vec {v}}\in W^{\perp },$  then  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\vec {v}}={\vec {0}}.}

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9. True or false: If  $A$  is an invertible  $3\times 3$  matrix, and  $B$  and  $C$  are  $3\times 3$  matrices such that  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle AB=AC,}   then  $B=C.$

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(a) Is the matrix  $A={\begin{bmatrix}3&1\\0&3\end{bmatrix}}$  diagonalizable? If so, explain why and diagonalize it. If not, explain why not.

(b) Is the matrix  $A={\begin{bmatrix}2&0&-2\\1&3&2\\0&0&3\end{bmatrix}}$  diagonalizable? If so, explain why and diagonalize it. If not, explain why not.

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11. Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix  $A={\begin{bmatrix}1&1&1\\0&-1&1\\0&0&2\end{bmatrix}}.$

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12. Consider the matrix  $A={\begin{bmatrix}1&-4&9&-7\\-1&2&-4&1\\5&-6&10&7\end{bmatrix}}$  and assume that it is row equivalent to the matrix

$B={\begin{bmatrix}1&0&-1&5\\0&-2&5&-6\\0&0&0&0\end{bmatrix}}.$

(a) List rank  $A$  and  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\text{dim Nul }}A.}

(b) Find bases for  ${\text{Col }}A$  and  ${\text{Nul }}A.$  Find an example of a nonzero vector that belongs to  ${\text{Col }}A,$  as well as an example of a nonzero vector that belongs to  ${\text{Nul }}A.$

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13. Find the dimension of the subspace spanned by the given vectors. Are these vectors linearly independent?

${\begin{bmatrix}1\\0\\2\end{bmatrix}},{\begin{bmatrix}3\\1\\1\end{bmatrix}},{\begin{bmatrix}-2\\-1\\1\end{bmatrix}},{\begin{bmatrix}5\\2\\2\end{bmatrix}}$

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14. Let  $B={\begin{bmatrix}1&-2&3&4\\0&3&0&0\\0&5&1&2\\0&-1&3&6\end{bmatrix}}.$

(a) Is  $B$  invertible? Explain.

(b) Define a linear transformation  $T$  by the formula  $T({\vec {x}})=B{\vec {x}}.$  Is  $T$  onto? Explain.

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15. Suppose  $T$  is a linear transformation given by the formula

Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle T{\Bigg (}{\begin{bmatrix}x_{1}\\x_{2}\\x_{3}\\\end{bmatrix}}{\Bigg )}={\begin{bmatrix}5x_{1}-2.5x_{2}+10x_{3}\\-x_{1}+0.5x_{2}-2x_{3}\end{bmatrix}}}

(a) Find the standard matrix for  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle T.}

(b) Let  ${\vec {u}}=7{\vec {e_{1}}}-4{\vec {e_{2}}}.$  Find  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle T({\vec {u}}).}

(c) Is  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\begin{bmatrix}-1\\3\end{bmatrix}}}   in the range of  $T?$  Explain.

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16. Let  $A$  and  $B$  be  $6\times 6$  matrices with  ${\text{det }}A=-10$  and  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\text{det }}B=5.}   Use properties of determinants to compute:

(a)  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\text{det }}3A}

(b)  ${\text{det }}(A^{T}B^{-1})$

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17. Let  $A={\begin{bmatrix}5&1\\0&5\end{bmatrix}}.$

(a) Find a basis for the eigenspace(s) of  $A.$

(b) Is the matrix  $A$  diagonalizable? Explain.

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18. Let  ${\vec {v}}={\begin{bmatrix}-1\\3\\0\end{bmatrix}}$  and  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\vec {y}}={\begin{bmatrix}2\\0\\5\end{bmatrix}}.}

(a) Find a unit vector in the direction of  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\vec {v}}.}

(b) Find the distance between  ${\vec {v}}$  and  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\vec {y}}.}

(c) Let  $L={\text{Span }}\{{\vec {v}}\}.$  Compute the orthogonal projection of  ${\vec {y}}$  onto  $L.$

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19. Let  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle W={\text{Span }}{\Bigg \{}{\begin{bmatrix}2\\0\\-1\\0\end{bmatrix}},{\begin{bmatrix}-3\\1\\0\\0\end{bmatrix}}{\Bigg \}}.}   Is  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\begin{bmatrix}2\\6\\4\\0\end{bmatrix}}}   in  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle W^{\perp }?}   Explain.

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(a) Let  Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle T:\mathbb {R} ^{2}\rightarrow \mathbb {R} ^{2}}   be a transformation given by

Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle T\bigg( \begin{bmatrix} x \\ y \end{bmatrix} \bigg)= \begin{bmatrix} 1-xy \\ x+y \end{bmatrix}.}

Determine whether  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle T}   is a linear transformation. Explain.

(b) Let  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A= \begin{bmatrix} 1 & -3 & 0 \\ -4 & 1 &1 \end{bmatrix}}   and  $B={\begin{bmatrix}2&1\\1&0\\-1&1\end{bmatrix}}.$  Find  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle AB,}    Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle BA^T}   and  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A-B^T.}

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21. Let  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A= \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 3 & 8 \\ 2 & 4 &11\\ 1 & 2 & 5 \end{bmatrix}.}   Find  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A^{-1}}   if possible.

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22. Find a formula for  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \begin{bmatrix} 1 & -6 \\ 2 & -6 \end{bmatrix}^k}   by diagonalizing the matrix.

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(a) Show that if  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \vec{x}}   is an eigenvector of the matrix  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A}   corresponding to the eigenvalue 2, then  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \vec{x}}   is an eigenvector of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A^3-A^2+I.}   What is the corresponding eigenvalue?

(b) Show that if  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \vec{y}}   is an eigenvector of the matrix  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A}   corresponding to the eigenvalue 3 and  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A}   is invertible, then  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \vec{y}}   is an eigenvector of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A^{-1}.}   What is the corresponding eigenvalue?

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24. Let  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 0 & -1 \\ 0 & 1 &-3\\ 1 & 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 4 &0\\ 0 & 0 & 3 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 0 & 1 \\ -3 & 1 &9\\ -1 & 0 & 3 \end{bmatrix}.}

Use the Diagonalization Theorem to find the eigenvalues of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A}   and a basis for each eigenspace.

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25. Give an example of a  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 3\times 3}   matrix  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A}   with eigenvalues 5,-1 and 3.

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26. Assume  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A^2=I.}   Find  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \text{Nul }A.}

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27. If  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A}   is an  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle n\times n}   matrix such that  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle AA^T=I,}   what are the possible values of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \text{det }A?}

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28. Show that if  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \vec{x}}   is an eigenvector of the matrix product  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle AB}   and  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B\vec{x}\ne \vec{0},}   then  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B\vec{x}}   is an eigenvector of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle BA.}

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(a) Suppose a  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 6\times 8}   matrix  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A}   has 4 pivot columns. What is  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \text{dim Nul }A?}   Is  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \text{Col }A=\mathbb{R}^4?}   Why or why not?

(b) If  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A}   is a  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 7\times 5}   matrix, what is the smallest possible dimension of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \text{Nul }A?}

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30. Consider the following system of equations.

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Find all real values of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle k}   such that the system has only one solution.

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31. Suppose  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \{\vec{u},\vec{v}\}}   is a basis of the eigenspace corresponding to the eigenvalue 0 of a  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 5\times 5}   matrix  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A.}

(a) Is  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \vec{w}=\vec{u}-2\vec{v}}   an eigenvector of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A?}   If so, find the corresponding eigenvalue.

If not, explain why.

(b) Find the dimension of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \text{Col }A.}

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