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Mid-Semester Test: Question Marks

This document appears to be a mid-semester exam for a linear algebra course consisting of 4 questions worth various points totaling 100 points. The questions cover topics like: 1) Using Gauss-Jordan elimination to solve a system of linear equations. 2) Finding the adjugate and inverse of a matrix, then using the inverse to solve a system of equations. 3) Finding elementary matrices and determinants related to given matrices. 4) Determining if a given transformation from R2 to R2 is a linear transformation.

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Mid-Semester Test: Question Marks

This document appears to be a mid-semester exam for a linear algebra course consisting of 4 questions worth various points totaling 100 points. The questions cover topics like: 1) Using Gauss-Jordan elimination to solve a system of linear equations. 2) Finding the adjugate and inverse of a matrix, then using the inverse to solve a system of equations. 3) Finding elementary matrices and determinants related to given matrices. 4) Determining if a given transformation from R2 to R2 is a linear transformation.

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NAME:..

QUESTION MARKS
I.D. NO:.
1
SECTION:.
LECTURER:. 2

TOTAL

Mid-Semester Test
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
SEMESTER 1 SESI 2012/2013

PROGRAM : BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING


SUBJECT : LINEAR ALGEBRA
SUBJECT CODE : MATB 253

DATE : 20 JULY 2012


TIME : 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES

Instructions to candidates:
1. This paper contains FOUR (4) questions..
2. You are required to answer ALL questions.
3. Your answers must be written in the empty spaces provided. (Double-sided pages)
DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.

THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 6 PRINTED PAGES INCLUDING THIS PAGE.


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NAME:.. I.D.NO:

SECTION:. LECTURER:
1
Question 1 (10 points)

Use Gauss-Jordan elimination to solve the following system of linear equations .

Indicate whether the system is consistent or inconsistent.

x y 3z 8

2 x y 3z 1
2 x 2 y 6 z 16

2
Question 2 (19 points)

1 2 3
Consider the matrix A 1 3 2

0 2 1

(a) Find the adj(A)

(b) Find det(A) using cofactor expansion

3
(c) Find A1

(d) Use your answer in part (c) to solve the following system of equations :

x 2 y 3z 5

x 3 y 2z 4
2y z 3

4
Question 3 (23 points)

2 1 3 2 1 3
(a) Let A 4 2 7 B 1 3 5

1 3 5 4 2 7

Find an elementary matrix E such that EA=B

(b) Let A and B be a 3 x 3 matrices with det(A) = 4 and det(B) = 5.

Find :

1
(i) det AB (ii) det B 1 AT
2

(b) Find the standard matrix T for each of the following linear operators given below :

(i) on R 2 : A rotation of 45 (counter-clockwise), followed by a reflection about the

line y x

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(ii) on R 3 : An orthogonal projection on the yz plane , followed by a dilation with factor
k 2

Question 4 (8 points)

Determine whether the transformation T: R 2 R2 defined by


T ( x, y ) x 2 , 2 y is linear.

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