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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.

    1
    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 ¯

    2
    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.
    4
    (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.

    3
    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.

    4
    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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