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Linear Algebra Problems

This document contains 15 practice problems for a linear algebra final exam. The problems cover various topics in linear algebra including solving systems of linear equations, finding bases, determining invertibility of matrices, computing determinants, matrix representations of linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, solutions to systems of differential equations, vector spaces, inner products, Fourier series, and integrals.

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Linear Algebra Problems

This document contains 15 practice problems for a linear algebra final exam. The problems cover various topics in linear algebra including solving systems of linear equations, finding bases, determining invertibility of matrices, computing determinants, matrix representations of linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, solutions to systems of differential equations, vector spaces, inner products, Fourier series, and integrals.

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Linear Algebra Practice Problems for the Final Exam

1. Find all solutions to the following systems of linear equations.


x1 − 2x2 + 2x3 = 5
(a) x1 − x2 = −1
−x1 + x2 + x3 = 5

x1 + x2 + 3x3 = 3
(b) −x1 + x2 + x3 = −1
2x1 + 3x2 + 8x3 = 4

2. Find a basis for the solutions to the following system of linear equations:

x1 + 2x2 − x3 + x4 = 0
−x1 − 2x2 + 3x3 + 5x4 = 0
−x1 − 2x2 − x3 − 7x4 = 0

3. Consider the following subspace of R4 :


       
1 3 1 2
 2   6   3   3 
S = Span      
 1  ,  3  , 
, 
5   −2 
3 9 4 5

Find a basis for S.

4. Consider the planes x1 +x2 +3x3 = 4 and x1 +2x2 +4x3 = 5 in R3 . Find


parametric equations for the line of intersection of these two planes.

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5. Determine whether the following matrices are invertible. If the matrix
is invertible, compute the inverse.
· ¸
3 4
(a) A1 =
1 2
 
1 3 1
(b) A2 =  2 5 2 
4 7 4
 
1 0 4
(c) A3 =  −1 1 −1 
−1 0 −3

6. Compute the following determinants:


¯ ¯
¯ 2 3 ¯
¯
(a) ¯ ¯
4 5 ¯

¯ ¯
¯ 2 3 1 ¯
¯ ¯
(b) ¯¯ 3 0 1 ¯
¯
¯ 3 1 2 ¯

¯ ¯
¯ 1 2 3 4 ¯
¯ ¯
¯ 1 4 5 8 ¯
(c) ¯¯ ¯
¯
¯ 1 1 2 3 ¯
¯ 1 3 5 8 ¯

¯ ¯
¯ 0 0 0 3 0 ¯
¯ ¯
¯ −2 0 0 2 0 ¯
¯ ¯
(d) ¯¯ 8 −1 0 −7 2 ¯
¯
¯ −1 2 2 3 2 ¯
¯ ¯
¯ 2 2 3 6 4 ¯

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7. Let A be the following matrix:
 
1 1 1
A= 1 2 t 
1 4 t2

(a) Compute the determinant of A. (Your answer will be in terms of t.)


(b) For what values of t is A invertible?

8. Let V be the vector space consisting of all functions of the form

αe2x cos x + βe2x sin x

Consider the following linear transformation L : V → V :

L(f ) = f 0 + f

(a) Find the matrix representing L with respect to the basis {e2x cos x, e2x sin x}.
(b) Use your answer from part (a) to find one solution to the following
differential equation:

y 0 + y = e2x cos x

9. Consider the following basis for R2 :


½· ¸ · ¸¾
1 3
E= ,
2 5
· ¸
−2
(a) Find the coordinates for the vector in terms of the basis E.
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(b) Let L : R2 → R2 be the following linear transformation:

L(x, y) = (2x − y, 3x − 2y)

Find the matrix representing L with respect to the basis E.

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10. Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the following matrices:
· ¸
3 −5
(a) A1 =
2 −3
 
4 −4 2
(b) A2 =  2 −2 2 
0 0 1

11. Consider the following matrix:


· ¸
6 4
A=
−6 −4

Find a general formula for the entries of An . (Hint: Diagonalize A.)

12. (a) Find all solutions to the following system of differential equations:

y10 = −5y1 + 3y2


y20 = −4y1 + 2y2

(b) Use your computations from part (a) to find all solutions to the
following system of differential equations:
y100 = −5y1 + 3y2
y200 = −4y1 + 2y2

13. Consider the vector space C[0, 1] with the following inner product:
Z 1
hf, gi = f (x)g(x) dx
−1

Let S be the following subspace:


¡ ¢
S = Span 1, x, x2

Find an orthonormal basis for S.

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14. Find the Fourier series on the interval [−π, π] for the following function:
(
0 if −π < x < 0
f (x) =
1 if 0<x<π

15. Compute the following integral:


Z π
(3 + 2 sin x + 3 cos x) (1 + 4 sin x) dx
−π

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