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The document contains 13 practice problems related to linear algebra concepts: 1. Verifying properties of a system of linear equations. 2. Determining the number of solutions of a system based on its coefficients. 3. Showing that the product of two idempotent matrices is idempotent. 4. Explaining why a system cannot have exactly two solutions.

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MECSet 1

The document contains 13 practice problems related to linear algebra concepts: 1. Verifying properties of a system of linear equations. 2. Determining the number of solutions of a system based on its coefficients. 3. Showing that the product of two idempotent matrices is idempotent. 4. Explaining why a system cannot have exactly two solutions.

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Dept of E&C Engg, NITK Surathkal EC 224 - M ATHEMATICS FOR E & C E NGG P RACTICE P ROBLEM S ET 1 This problem set

is for practice only. The solutions need NOT be submitted 1. Verify that if ad bc = 0, then the system of equations ax + by = x1 cx + dy = x2 has a unique solution. 2. Determine the values of k such that the linear system 9x + ky = 9 kx + y = 3 has A. no solutions B. innitely many solutions
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C. a unique solution.

3. An n n matrix is called idempotent if A = AA = A. Suppose that A and B are two n n idempotent matrices. Show that if AB = BA, then the matrix AB is idempotent. 4. Explain why a linear system can never have exactly two different solutions. Extend your argument to explain the fact that if a system has more than one solution, then it must have innitely many different solutions. 5. By solving a 3 3 system, nd the coefcients in the equation of the parabola y = x2 + x + that passes through the points (1, 1), (2, 2) and (3, 0). 6. Is it possible for any parabola dened by y = x2 + x + to pass through four points (0, 1), (1, 3), (2, 15) and (3, 37)? Justify your answer. 7. There may be lots of chemistry haters in the class... But just try this out! Balance the chemical equation MnS + As2 Cr10 O35 + H2 SO4 HMnO4 + AsH3 + CrS3 O12 + H2 O 8. Show that, if the homogenous system Ax = 0 has trivial solution, the non-homogeneous system Ax = b has only unique solution.
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9. Let S = {v1 , v2 , . . . , vn , } be a linearly independent set. If the scalars c1 , c2 , . . . , cn are such that v = then show that the scalars are unique. 2 a 0 1 10. Determine for which nonzero values of a the vectors 0 a and 0 are linearly independent. 1 2 1 11. Let M1 = 1 0 1 , M2 = 1 1 2 combination of M1 , M2 , M3 . 1 0 , M3 = 1 1 1 a . Obtain all matrices 0 c

ck vk ,
k=1

b , that can be written as linear d

12. If c1 and c2 are columns that represent the particular solutions of the same homogeneous system, prove that the sum c1 + c2 must also represent a solution of this system. 13. Suppose that A is the coefcient matrix for a homogeneous system of four equations in six unknown and suppose that A has at least one non zero row. (a) Determine the fewest number of free variables that are possible (b) Determine the maximum number of free variables that are possible. Should we say Happy times solving the questions?!!! - Alan & Raags!

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