CONFIDENTIAL CS/JUL 2021/MAT423

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FINAL EXAMINATION

COURSE : LINEAR ALGEBRA I

COURSE CODE : MAT 423

EXAMINATION : JULY 2021

TIME : 3 HOURS

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Question 1

a) Given the matrices

10 -6 
 2 -1  4 -3 8 
A =  -4 0  , B =   and C =  
  4 6  -1 5 2 
 2 -1

Find

i) 3(AT – C)
ii) AB
(5 marks)

1 2 1 0
b) Find the matrix A if   A= .
 − 3 − 4 0 1 

(5 marks)

2 3 2   − 1 0
c) Given A =   . Find (AB )−1 if B −1 =  .
 −1 − 3 2  5 2
(5 marks)

2 3  1 5 
d) If R =   and S =   , find the matrix A if R −1AR = S .
3 5  2 −3 
(5 marks)

Question 2

a) Given the following system:

x + 3y + z = 5
2x − 2y =2
x + 4y + az = b

Determine the value of a, b such that the above system will have

i) Infinitely many solution

ii) A unique solution
iii) No solution
(10 marks)

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b) Consider the following system of linear equations:

x + y + z =1
2x + 3y + 2z = 3
3x + 3y + az = a2 − 6

i) Write the augmented matrix corresponding to the above system of linear equation.
(1 mark)

ii) Reduce the augmented matrix obtained in (a) into row echelon form by using
elementary row operations.
(3 marks)

0 1 0 
 
c) Consider a matrix A =  1 0 − 3 ,
0 0 2 
i) Find elementary matrices E 1 , E 2 and E 3 such that E 3E 2E1A = I3 .
(5 marks)

ii) Write A −1 as a product of elementary matrices.

(1 mark)

Question 3

3 1 2 −4 
4 0 −1 5 
a) Given A =  . If C24 = −128 , find the value of s.
s 1 2 0
 
 −1 8 0 −6 

(5 marks)

a b c
b) Let A = d e f = -5 and B is a 3 x 3 matrix with 4B = 2 . By using properties of
g h i
determinant or elementary operation, find

i) B

T
ii) B − 1

iii) 2A TB 2

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d e f
iv) − 4a − 4b − 4c
2g 2h 2i

(10 marks)

c) Given the following system of linear equation:

x + y + 3z = -2
-3x + 2y + 6z = k
2x + 4z = -6

if the solution for y = 5 , find the value of k by using Cramer`s Rule.

(5 marks)

Question 4

a) Determine whether the transformation given is linear or not.

 x y 
T : M 2 x 2 → R 3 defined as T   = ( x + 1, y , z + w )
 z w 
(5 marks)

b) Let T : P3 → R3 be a linear transformation defined by

 a+c+d 
 
T(a + bx + cx + dx ) =  3a + 2b + 5c + 5d 
2 3

 2b + 2c + 2d 
 

i) Find a basis for the kernel of T.

(8 marks)

ii) Is T one-to-one? Give your reason(s).

(2 marks)

iii) Is T onto? Give your reason(s).

(2 marks)

c) Give three (3) equivalent conditions so that the linear transformation is invertible.

(3 marks)
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Question 5

a) Consider the matrix

− 2 0 12
A =  2 3 1 
 − 1 0 5 

i) Find all the eigenvalues of A.

(5 marks)

ii) Find the basis for the eigenspace corresponding to the smallest eigenvalues of A.

(5 marks)

iii) Is A diagonalizable? Give the reason for your answer.

(2 marks)

iv) Determine whether the matrix above is invertible or not.

(2 marks)

5 4 
b) Let A =  ,
2 3 

i) State the definition of eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

(2 marks)

 2  −1
ii) Verify that v1 =   and v 2 =   are eigenvectors of A. Hence, find their
 1 1
corresponding eigenvalues.
(4 marks)

END OF QUESTIONS

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