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This is the First Midterm Exam of Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus which includes System of Equations, Three Vectors, Collection, Reduced Echelon Form etc. Key important points are: Column Space, Basis, Null Space, Basis, Solutions, Equation, Linearly Independent Vectors, Set of Vectors, Reduced Row, Echelon Form
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Select your section: Jonathan Campbell Elizabeth Goodman Julio Gutierrez ACE (1:15–3:05pm) 03 (11:00–11:50am) 15 (11:00–11:50am) 17 (1:15–2:05pm) 25 (1:15–2:05pm) Seungki Kim Kenji Kozai Yuncheng Lin 08 (10:00–10:50am) 14 (10:00–10:50am) 02 (11:00–11:50am) 09 (11:00–11:50am) 24 (1:15–2:05pm) 05 (1:15–2:05pm) Michael Lipnowski Jeremy Miller Ho Chung Siu 21 (11:00–11:50am) 11 (1:15–2:05pm) 20 (10:00–10:50am) 23 (1:15–3:05pm) 18 (2:15–3:05pm) 06 (1:15–2:05pm)
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Problem 1. (10 pts.) Let
A =
a) Find a basis for the column space of A.
b) Find a basis for the null space of A.
c) Write down all solutions x (if any) of the equation Ax = b for
i) b =
; ii) b =
Problem 3. (10 pts.) Consider the following matrix A and its reduced row echelon form rref(A):
rref(A) =
(You do not need to check that the row reduction is correct.)
a) Find a basis for N (A).
b) Find a basis for C(A).
Problem 4. (15 pts.) Consider the matrix
a 6 2 0 9 5
a) For what value(s) of a will a row interchange be necessary during row reduction?
b) Is there a value of a for which N (A) is nontrivial? Justify your answer.
c) Calculate the rank of A for each value of a (your answer may depend on the particular value of a, of course).
Problem 6. (10 pts.) Let V be the two-dimensional plane in R^4 spanned by the vectors
and
Let W be the set of all vectors w ∈ R^4 such that v · w = 0 for all v ∈ V.
a) Show that W is a subspace of R^4.
b) Find a basis for W.
Problem 8. (10 pts.) Assume that m < n. Give a clear and accurate explanation why any homogeneous system of m linear equations in n unknown variables of the form Ax = 0, where A is an m-by-n matrix, always has solutions x which are not equal to the 0 vector.
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