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COS-MATH-241-Linear Algebra Spring 2020 - Midterm Exam 2 (20%)

This document is a midterm exam for a linear algebra course. It contains 10 true/false questions and 5 multi-part math problems. The problems involve determining if sets span vector spaces, finding bases, calculating null spaces and column spaces, finding transition matrices between bases, and expressing vectors in different bases. The exam tests fundamental concepts of linear algebra like subspaces, linear independence, spanning sets, matrix operations, and changes of basis.

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COS-MATH-241-Linear Algebra Spring 2020 - Midterm Exam 2 (20%)

This document is a midterm exam for a linear algebra course. It contains 10 true/false questions and 5 multi-part math problems. The problems involve determining if sets span vector spaces, finding bases, calculating null spaces and column spaces, finding transition matrices between bases, and expressing vectors in different bases. The exam tests fundamental concepts of linear algebra like subspaces, linear independence, spanning sets, matrix operations, and changes of basis.

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COS-MATH-241 Linear Algebra

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COS-MATH-241-Linear Algebra
Spring 2020 – Midterm Exam 2 (20%)
Time allowed: 75 minutes

Part A:
For each of the following statements below write ‘T’ if it is true and ‘F’ if it is false in the space provided for.
(0.5 mark each; Total marks = 6)

_____ 1. If 𝐵 is a spanning set for a vector space 𝑉, then every vector of 𝑉 can be written in a unique
way as linear combination of the 𝐵-vectors.

_____ 2. Any set of six linearly independent vectors is a basis for 𝑀23 (ℝ).

_____ 3. The set {(𝑥, 𝑦) ∈ ℝ2 |𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ≤ 4} is not a subspace of ℝ2 because it is not closed under
scalar multiplication.

_____ 4. The set of all triangular matrices of order 3 is closed under matrix addition.

1 2 0 1 0
_____ 5. span ((2) , (4) , (6)) = span ((2) , (3)).
4 8 2 4 1

_____ 6. Let 𝐯𝟏 be a nonzero vector in ℝ5 . The subspace span (𝐯𝟏 ) contains exactly one vector.

_____ 7. The orthogonal complement of the column space of a square matrix is its null space.

_____ 8. The null space of an invertible matrix is the zero space.

_____ 9. Let 𝐴 be an 𝑛 × 𝑛 matrix and 𝐛 be an arbitrary vector of ℝ𝑛 . The equation 𝐴𝐱 = 𝐛 is


consistent if and only if 𝐛 ∈ Col(𝐴).

1 6 −3
_____ 10. The vector v
⃗ = ( ) is in the null space of the matrix ( ).
2 3 −1

2 3
_____ 11. The two subspaces span (( )) and span(( )) are orthogonal.
3 −2

_____ 12. Let 𝑆 = Span ((1, −3, 0), (1, −2, −1)) be a subspace of ℝ3 . The vector 𝐮 = (3, 1, 1) is
a vector in 𝑆 ⊥ .

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COS-MATH-241 Linear Algebra

Part B
Instructions: To get full marks you have to show all necessary work.
1. (2 marks) Show that 𝑊 = {𝐴 ∈ 𝑀22 (ℝ): 𝐴𝑇 = 3𝐴} is a subspace of 𝑀22 (ℝ).

2. (2 marks) Use the definition of spanning set to determine whether the following vectors
1 1 6
𝐯1 = (−1) , 𝐯2 = (1) , 𝐯3 = (1) span ℝ3 . Justify your answer.
−3 1 4
2 0 4 6 1 −3 3 6
3. (3 marks) Let 𝐴1 = ( ) , 𝐴2 = ( ) , 𝐴3 = ( ), 𝐴4 = ( ) be vectors in 𝑀22 (ℝ).
0 1 2 4 0 −6 1 9
a) Find a subset of {𝐴1 , 𝐴2 , 𝐴3 , 𝐴4 } that forms a basis for the subspace 𝑊 spanned by
𝐴1 , 𝐴2 , 𝐴3 and 𝐴4 . Then determine the dimension of 𝑊. Show details of your answer
b) Express each vector not in the basis as a linear combination of the basis vectors.

2 3 −1 1
4. (4 marks) Consider the matrix 𝐴 = (4 10 5 3).
6 1 −17 1
a) Find the value of 𝑘 such that Nul(𝐴) is a subspace of ℝ𝑘 .
b) Find the value of 𝑘 such that Col(𝐴) is a subspace of ℝ𝑘 .
c) Find a basis for the row space of 𝐴 and a basis for the column space of 𝐴.
d) Determine the dimension of Row(𝐴) and the dimension of Col(𝐴).
e) Find a basis for the Nul(𝐴). Check your answer by using the rank-nullity theorem.

2 6 1 3
5. (3 marks) Let 𝐵1 = {𝐮𝟏 = ( ) , 𝐮𝟐 = ( )} and 𝐵2 = {𝐯𝟏 = ( ) , 𝐯𝟐 = ( )} be two bases for
−2 10 7 13
the Euclidean space ℝ2 .
a) Find the transition matrix corresponding to the change of basis from 𝐵1 to 𝐵2 .
b) If 𝐯 = 1.5𝐮𝟏 − 0.5𝐮𝟐 , determine the coordinates of 𝐯 relative to the basis 𝐵2

Good Luck!

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