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 det $A$ must be Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle 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 Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle \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 Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle B} are invertible $n\times n$ matrices, then so is Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle A+B.}

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6. True or false: If $A$ is a $3\times 5$ matrix and 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 Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle 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 Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\vec {v}}\in W} and Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\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 Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle 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 Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle 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 Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle 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 Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle A={\begin{bmatrix}1&1&1\\0&-1&1\\0&0&2\end{bmatrix}}.}

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12. Consider the matrix Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle 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 dim Nul $A.$

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

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

Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\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 Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle 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 Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle T} by the formula 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(\vec{x})=B\vec{x}.} 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 T} onto? Explain.

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15. 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 T} is a linear transformation given by the formula

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_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 (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.}

(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 \vec{u}=7\vec{e_1}-4\vec{e_2}.} 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 T(\vec{u}).}

(c) 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 \begin{bmatrix} -1 \\ 3 \end{bmatrix}} in the range 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 T?} Explain.

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16. 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} 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} be 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 6} matrices with det 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=-10} and det 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=5.} Use properties of

determinants to compute:

(a) det 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 3A}

(b) det 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^TB^{-1})}

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