Math 250: Introductory linear algebra

Fall 2022 (Instructor: Priyadip Mondal)

Practice Exam for Final Exam
December **, 2022

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• This exam starts at 12pm and is due at 3pm.
• The exam is out of 80 points.
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Question Points Out of Question Points Out of

1 4 8 6
2 4 9 6
3 6 10 6
4 6 11 6
5 6 12 6
6 6 13 6
7 6 14 6

Total Score Out of

80

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Questions:
1. (4 points) Determine for which values of c the matrix A below is invertible.
2 3
1 0 0 1
6 1 0 2 17
A=6 4 1 1
7.
2 35
2 0 4 c

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2. (4 points) Find an elementary matrix E such that EA = B where
2 3 2 3
1 1 1 3 5 1 3 1
62 1 2 27 62 1 2 27
A=4 6 7, B=46 7.
3 1 2 15 3 1 2 15
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1

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3. (6 points) Find a basis B of R3 contained in the following set of vectors S.
8 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 39
< 1 1 1 1 =
S = 415 , 4 1 5 , 4 1 5 , 4 15 .
: ;
1 1 1 1

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 2 3
v1
6v2 7
4. (6 points) Let V be the linear subspace of R consisting precisely of the vectors 6
4 7
4v3 5 such that
v4

v1 + 2v2 v3 + v4 = 0 and v1 + v2 + v3 v4 = 0.

Find a basis B of V .

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5. (6 points) Let T : R4 ! R4 be the linear transformation defined as
02 31 2 3
x1 x1 + x2 x3 + x4
B6x2 7C 6 x1 x2 + x3 x4 7
TB 6 7C 6
@4x3 5A = 4 x1 + x2 x3 + x4 5 .
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x4 x1 x2 + x3 x4

Is T invertible? Why or why not? Explain.

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 2 3
r + 2s u
6. (6 points) Let V be the linear subspace of R3 consisting precisely of the vectors of the form 4 r s + 2u 5
2r + s u
where r, s and u are scalars. Show that V is R3 .

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7. (6 points) Let 2 3 2 3
1 2 3 1 0 0
P = 41 1 15 , D=4 0 2 05 .
0 0 1 0 0 3
1
Let A = P DP . Find the Eigen values of A. Find an Eigen vector corresponding to each Eigen value
of A.

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8. (6 points) Let T : R3 ! R3 be a linear operator on R3 and B = {b1 , b2 , b3 } be a basis of R3 . Suppose
T (b1 ) = b1 2b2 + 3b3 , T (b2 ) = b1 + b2 + b3 , T (b3 ) = 2b1 2b2 b3 . Find the B-matrix of T .

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9. (6 points) Let A be a 4 ⇥ 4 matrix whose rank is 2. Suppose there are two non-zero vectors u and v in
R4 such that Au = u and Av = v. Show that A is diagonalizable.

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10. (6 points) Let V be linear subspace of dimension 2 of R3 . Let {v, w} be a basis of V and let u be a
non-zero vector of V ? . Then show that {u, v, w} is a basis of R3 .

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11. (6 points) Let T : Rn ! Rn be a linear operator on Rn and let B1 and B2 be two distinct bases of Rn .
Show that [T ]B1 and [T ]B2 are similar matrices.

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12. (6 points) Show that if an n ⇥ n matrix A has nullity n, then A is the zero-matrix of size n.

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13. (6 points) Let V be a linear subspace of Rn with dimension k. Show that the dimension of (V ? )? is
at-least k.

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 an orthogonal basis of the linear subspace V of R3 consisting precisely of the vectors of
14. (6 points)2 Find 3
u
the form 4u + v 5 where u and v are scalars.
v

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