University of Toronto Scarborough

Department of Computer & Mathematical Sciences

Midterm Test
MATA23H3 Linear Algebra I
Examiners: E. Moore
K. Smith
Date: March 5, 2014
Duration: 100 minutes
1. [12 points]
(a) Find the length of the vector joining the points (1, 0, 2, 1, 1) and (2, 1, 3, 0, 1).
(b) Find all values of the real number c such that the vectors u = [1, 2, 3] and
w = [c, 1, 2] are orthogonal.
(c) Find the angle between u = [1, 0, 2, 1, 1] and w = [2, 1, 3, 0, 1].
(d) Let u be a xed vector of length 2, let w be a vector which can rotate but has
length 3, and let be the angle between u and w. What is the maximum value
of u w and for what angle does it occur?
2. [8 points] Let A be an n n matrix . Use the properties of matrix transpose to
show
(i) A + A
T
is symmetric.
(ii) A A
T
is skew-symmetric.
3. [5 points] Use the Gauss method with back substitution to nd the general solution
of the linear system
x y 3 z = 5
2 x y 4 z = 8
x + y z = 1
.
4. [8 points]
(a) Use the GaussJordan method to nd the general solution of the linear system
x
1
+ x
2
x
3
9 x
4
= 3
2 x
1
+ 3 x
2
+ 2 x
3
+ 15 x
4
= 12
2 x
1
+ x
2
+ 2 x
3
+ 5 x
4
= 8
.
(b) What is the solution of the corresponding homogeneous system?
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5. [10 points]
(a) Carefully state what it means for a subset W of R
n
to be a subspace of R
n
.
(b) Prove that, if W and U are subspaces of R
n
then W U is also a subspace of R
n
.
6. [6 points] Determine whether the vector [1, 0, 0] is in the span of the vectors
[1, 2, 1], [2, 1, 1] and [1, 5, 4].
7. [15 points] Let A =

2 1 0
4 1 5
1 1 2

.
(a) Find the inverse of the matrix A.
(b) Solve the linear system A

x
y
z

1
3
3

.
(c) Express the matrix A as a product of elementary matrices.
8. [12 points]
(a) Carefully state what it means for a set of vectors {w
1
, w
2
, , w
k
} in R
n
to be
linearly independent.
(b) Let W = sp

[1, 0, 1], [3, 2, 1], [1, 2, 3]

R
3
.
(i) Find a basis for W.
(ii) If W = R
3
, enlarge the basis you found in part (b)(i) to a basis for R
3
.
9. [14 points] Let A =

2 8 6
4 2 2
6 4 10

.
(a) Compute the row echelon form of A.
(b) Find a basis for the column space of A.
(c) Find a basis for the row space of A.
(d) Find a basis for the nullspace of A.
(e) Give and verify the rank equation for A.
10. [10 points]
(a) Carefully state what it means for a function T : R
n
R
k
to be a linear transfor-
mation.
(b) Show that T : R
2
R
3
, given by
T([x, y]) = [2x y, x + y, x + 3y] ,
is a linear transformation.