Exam 3
Exam 3
Exam 3
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1 2 3 4 n
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(a) Determine A
3
, A
4
, and A
5
. Use elementary row operations and properties of determinants
to compute the determinants of these matrices.
(b) Base on your work in part (a), use elementary row operations and properties of determi-
nants to compute det A
n
, the determinant of the matrix A
n
for an integer n 3.
5. (16 pts.) Let B = {b
1
, b
2
, b
3
} be a basis for R
3
. Let T : R
3
R
3
be a linear operator such
that T(b
1
) = 2b
1
b
2
+b
3
, T(b
2
) = 3b
2
+b
3
, and T(b
3
) = 3b
1
+ 2b
3
.
(a) Determine [T]
B
, the B-matrix representation of T.
(b) Suppose b
1
=
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1
3
4
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, b
2
=
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2
5
6
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, and b
3
=
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1
0
1
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. Determine the standard
matrix of T.
(c) From your work above, determine an explicit formula for T
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x
1
x
2
x
3
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6. (15 pts.) Determine whether or not the following sets are subspaces. If so, nd a basis for
each subspace. Be careful! Spanning sets are not always bases.
(a) W =
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a 2b + 5c
2a + 5b 8c
a 4b + 7c
3a +b +c
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R
4
: a, b and c are scalars
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(b) V =
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v
1
v
2
v
3
v
4
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R
4
:
v
1
+ 4v
3
2v
4
= 0
v
1
+ v
2
7v
3
+ 7v
4
= 0
2v
1
+ 3v
2
v
3
+ 11v
4
= 0
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(c) U =
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u
1
u
2
u
3
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: u
3
= u
1
u
2
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7. (10 pts.) Let A = {u
1
, u
2
, u
3
, u
4
} be a basis for R
4
.
(a) Prove that B = {u
1
+u
2
, u
2
+u
3
, u
3
+u
4
, u
4
} is a basis for R
4
.
(b) If v is a vector in R
4
and [v]
A
=
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a
1
a
2
a
3
a
4
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, compute [v]
B
. (Hint: Try setting up some
equations, i.e., let [v]
B
=
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x
1
x
2
x
3
x
4
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and solving for x
i
.)