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Linear Algebra - Practice Midterm 3

This document is a midterm exam for a linear algebra course consisting of 8 multiple part questions testing various linear algebra concepts. The exam is out of 100 total points and covers topics such as solving systems of linear equations, vector and matrix operations, subspaces, bases, and properties of matrices. Students are instructed to show their work and are not permitted to use outside resources for the closed book exam.

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Linear Algebra - Practice Midterm 3

This document is a midterm exam for a linear algebra course consisting of 8 multiple part questions testing various linear algebra concepts. The exam is out of 100 total points and covers topics such as solving systems of linear equations, vector and matrix operations, subspaces, bases, and properties of matrices. Students are instructed to show their work and are not permitted to use outside resources for the closed book exam.

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Linear Algebra – Fall 2020

Midterm Exam

NAME:
STUDENT ID:

Instructions:
• Show answers and arguments in the space provided. You may use the back of the
pages also, but indicate clearly any such material that you want graded. Answers
given without supporting work may receive zero credit.
• This is a closed book exam: no calculators, notes, or formula sheets.

QUESTION POINTS SCORE

1 14

2 10

3 12

4 14

5 14

6 12

7 14

8 10

TOTAL 100

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1. (a) (10 points) Find all solutions of the system of linear equations:

x1 + 2x2 + 2x3 − 5x4 + 6x5 = 1


−x1 − 2x2 − x3 + x4 − x5 = 1
4x1 + 8x2 + 5x3 − 8x4 + 9x5 = −2

(b) (4 points) Find the reduced row echelon form R of the coefficient matrix of the
system.

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2. (a) (6 points) How long is the vector v = (1, 1, . . . , 1) in 9 dimensions? Find a unit
vector u in the same direction as v and a unit vector w that is perpendicular to
v.
(b) (4 points) Pick any numbers x, y, z such that x + y + z = 0. Find the angle
between your vector v = (x, y, z) and the vector w = (z, x, y).

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3. Consider the matrix  
1 2 3
A =  2 5 2 .
3 2 24

(a) (6 points) Find the LU decomposition of A.


(b) (6 points) Use the LU decomposition to solve the linear system of equations
Ax = (1, 3, 0).

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4. (a) (8 points) Show that the set of all vectors (b1 , b2 , b3 ) such that b1 + b2 + b3 = 0 is
a subspace of R3 . (Verify all three properties of a subspace.)
(b) (6 points) Show that the set of all vectors (b1 , b2 , b3 ) such that b1 ≤ b2 ≤ b3 is not
a subspace of R3 . (Show that at least one property of a subspace fails.)

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5. Consider the system of linear equations:

x1 + x2 + x3 = 1
x1 + 2x2 + 3x3 = 2
x1 + 4x2 + 9x3 = −2

(a) (10 points) Find the inverse of the coefficient matrix of the system of equations.
(b) (4 points) Use the inverse matrix to solve the system of linear equations.

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6. (12 points) Determine whether the following vectors form a basis for R4 :
       
−1 −1 3 1
 1   3   1   2 
v1 = 
 −1  , v2 =  3  , v3 =  11  , v4 =  3  .
      

1 1 −3 4

If the vectors are not linearly independent, show how to write one of the them as a
linear combination of the others.

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7. Consider the matrix  
1 0 2 4
 0 1 −3 −1 
A= .
 3 4 −6 8 
0 −1 3 4

(a) (6 points) Find a linear relation on the components of b = (b1 , b2 , b3 , b4 ) that


guarantees that b is a vector in the column space C(A).
(b) (8 points) Find a spanning set (the special solutions) for the null space N(A).

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a b
8. (10 points) Find all 2 × 2 matrices A = such that
c d
   
T 0 1 0 1
A =− A.
1 0 1 0

Show that every matrix A that satisfies this property is a scalar multiple of one par-
ticular 2 × 2 matrix.

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