E-JUST University

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences Program: UG

Date: 19/2/2021 Time: 180 minutes
Semester: Fall 2021 Subject: Mathematics 1
Examiner: Dr. Ahmed Elsaid Code: MTH 111
Total Points: 120 No. of Pages: 7
Student Name: Student ID:

Instructions
Question Marks
• This exam consists of 4 (four) questions.
1
• Answer all questions.
• Each question should be answered on its page. 2
• Do not write any answers/drafts on this first page.
3
• Start by writing your name and your ID number on the top of this page.

Total

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Question 1 30 marks Choose the correct answer.
1) If ∑∞ 𝑛
𝑛=0 𝑎𝑛 𝑥 converge absolutely to 𝑓(𝑥) in the interval |𝑥 | < 𝑅. Then in that
𝑥 𝑛+1
interval, ∑∞
𝑛=0 𝑎𝑛 converges to ….
𝑛+1
𝑑𝑓 𝑑𝑓
a) ∫ 𝑓(𝑥)𝑑𝑥 − 𝑐 b) c) ∫ 𝑓 (𝑥)𝑑𝑥 d) +𝑐
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥

2) If ∑∞ 𝑛 ∞
𝑛=0 𝑎𝑛 𝑥 and ∑𝑛=0 𝑏𝑛 𝑥
𝑛
converge respectively to 𝐴(𝑥) and 𝐵(𝑥) in the
interval |𝑥| < 𝑅. Then in that interval, 𝐴(𝑥)𝐵(𝑥) = ∑∞ 𝑛
𝑛=0 𝑐𝑛 𝑥 where 𝑐𝑛 = ⋯

a) ∑𝑛𝑘=0 𝑎𝑘 𝑏𝑛−𝑘 b) ∑𝑛𝑘=0 𝑎𝑘 𝑏𝑘 c) ∑𝑛𝑘=0 𝑎𝑘 𝑏𝑛+𝑘 d) ∑∞

𝑘=0 𝑎𝑘 𝑏𝑛+𝑘

3) A system of linear algebraic equations is called consistent if it has …

a) no solution b) a unique solution c) infinite number of solutions d) (b) and (c)

4) The row echelon form of a matrix is not unique, but the unique in this form is …

a) number of ones b) position of ones c) position of pivots d) value of pivots

5) If the last column in an augmented matrix is a pivot column, then the system has

a) no solution b) a unique solution c) infinite number of solutions d) (b) and (c)

6) The set of all vectors that can be written as a linear combination of a given set of
vectors W is called …

a) independent set b) span of W c) basis of W d) dimension of W

7) A transformation T is linear if for vectors u and v and a constant c it satisfies …

a) T(u + v) = T(u) + T(v) b) T(c u) = c T(u) c) (a) and (b) d) none of the above

8) The set of linear combinations of the columns of a matrix is called …

a) column space b) null space c) basis d) dimension
9) If A is an 𝑛 × 𝑛 invertible matrix, then the dimension of the null space of A is …
a) 0 b) 𝑛 c) 𝑛 + 1 d) 𝑛 − 1
10) If A is an 𝑛 × 𝑛 matrix and its determinant equals zero, then Rank (A) is …
a) 0 b) 𝑛 c) less than 𝑛 d) greater than 𝑛
Part 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Answer

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Question 2 20 marks
(−1)𝑛 (𝑥−2)𝑛
a) For what values of x does the power series ∑∞
𝑛=1 𝑛
converge?

b) Approximate the area under the curve 𝑓(𝑥) = sin(𝑥 2 ) in the interval 𝑥 ∈ [0,1]
with error less than 0.001

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Question 3 30 marks
1 5 −3 −4
a) Find the span of the set of vectors [−1], [−4], and [ 1 ]. Does [ 3 ] belong to this
−2 −7 0 4
span?

b) Deduce the Cramer rule for solving a system of linear algebraic equations.

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c) Write a matrix to describe the linear transformation T: R2 → R2 that:
i) reflects each point in R2 about the x-axis.

ii) expands horizontally by a factor 3.

iii) rotates 90 degrees clockwise.

iv) Use matrix multiplications to write a single matrix that carries out the previous
three transformations.

−2
v) Find the image of [ ] under the transformation obtained in part (d)
1

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Question 4 40 marks
1 2 3
a) The matrix [2 5 3] was used to encrypt a message in English language. Each
1 0 8
letter of the message was encoded by its position number in the English alphabet. If
the received message was: 23 42 28 32 53 49, what was the original message?

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 1 2

b) (i) For the network shown in figure, write the adjacency matrix A
ii) Compute the matrix 𝐵 = 𝐴2 .
Comment on the meaning of the values of the entries 𝑏1,1 , 𝑏2,4 , and 𝑏3,3 .

4 3

1 −3 2 −4
−3 9 −1 5
c) For the matrix 𝐴 = [ ], find: i) column space of (A), ii) rank (A), iii)
2 −6 4 −3
−4 12 2 7
dimension of Null (A), iv) value of determinant (A), v) the independent columns in A.

Best Wishes,
Dr. Ahmed Elsaid

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