MAT223H1F Test 1 2009 Oct

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MAT223H1F Test 1 2009 Oct.

1. Find all solutions of the homogeneous linear system Ax = 0, where A is a 3 x 6


matrix whose reduced row echelon form is
(
1 2 0 3 0 5
0 0 1 4 0 6
0 0 0 0 1 1
)
Express your answer in parametric form.

























2. Find a 2 x 2 matrix A such that
(
1 2
1 0
) = (
3 1
2 3
)


























3. Let = (
3 4 5 3
1 1 1 1
1 2 3 1
3 5 7 3
) . Find a non-singular (invertible) matrix U such that R =
UA, where R is the reduced row echelon form of A.


























4. Let P4 (R) be the vector space of all real valued polynomials of degree less than or
equal to four. Let W be the subspace of P4 (R)given by
W = {() 4() | (2) = (2)}.
Find a finite subset S of W such that W = span(S).

























5. Let W be the subspace of R
4
defined by W = Span
{(1, 0, 1, 0), (1, 1, 1, 1), (0, 1, 1, 1)}, and let S be the subset of R
4
given by S =
{(1, 0, 1, 0), (0, 1, 0, 1), (2, 3, 2, 3)}.
(a) Show S W
(b) Does span (S) = W? Justify your answer.


























6. Let V be the vector space od all 2 x 2 matrices

V = {(


) | , , , R}

For each of the subsets W1 and W2 of V listed below, determine if it is a subspace of
V. Justify your answer.
(a) W1 = {(


) | = 0}
(b) W2 = {(


) | = 0}






















7. Let V be the set if ordered pairs (x, y) of real numbers with the operations of vector
addition and scalar multiplication given by
(x, y) + (x, y) = (u + y, x + x)
c(x, y) = (cx, cy)
V is not a vector space. List one of the properties from the definition of vector space
that fails to hold for V. Justify you answer.
























8. Prove that if S1 and S2 are subsets of a vector space V such that S1 S2 and V =
span(S1), then V = span(S2).

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