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This document is the midterm exam for a linear algebra course. It contains 10 questions testing various concepts in linear algebra, including: finding the length of vectors, determining orthogonality of vectors, solving systems of linear equations using Gaussian elimination and Gauss-Jordan methods, determining if sets of vectors are subspaces or linearly independent, computing matrix inverses and row echelon forms, and identifying linear transformations. Students are given 100 minutes to complete the 15 point exam.

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MATA23 Midterm 2014W

This document is the midterm exam for a linear algebra course. It contains 10 questions testing various concepts in linear algebra, including: finding the length of vectors, determining orthogonality of vectors, solving systems of linear equations using Gaussian elimination and Gauss-Jordan methods, determining if sets of vectors are subspaces or linearly independent, computing matrix inverses and row echelon forms, and identifying linear transformations. Students are given 100 minutes to complete the 15 point exam.

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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.

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