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Summer 2020 MAT 216 Problem Sheet: Solve The Following Problems

This document contains 8 problems involving linear algebra concepts such as finding bases for row spaces, column spaces, and null spaces of matrices. It also involves solving homogeneous systems of linear equations. The problems cover topics like determining the rank and nullity of matrices, expressing vectors as linear combinations of basis vectors, and finding the dimension of solution spaces.

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Summer 2020 MAT 216 Problem Sheet: Solve The Following Problems

This document contains 8 problems involving linear algebra concepts such as finding bases for row spaces, column spaces, and null spaces of matrices. It also involves solving homogeneous systems of linear equations. The problems cover topics like determining the rank and nullity of matrices, expressing vectors as linear combinations of basis vectors, and finding the dimension of solution spaces.

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Summer 2020
MAT 216
Problem Sheet
Solve the following Problems:

1. Find a basis for (a) the row space and (b) the column space of the following matrices:

1 1 4 1 2
 1 2 1 4  3 4 0 7 0 1
2 1 1 
7 2   1 5 2 2   2 1

i  A    ii  A    iii  A   0 0 0 1 2 .
1  4 1 3  1 4 0 3  
 
2  7 1
   1 1 0 0 2
 3  1 1 2 2 2 1 1 
 6 0

2. Let S  v1 , v2 , v3 where

v1  1,  2,0,3,  4 , v2  3, 2,8,1, 4 , v3   2,3,7, 2,3 , v4   1, 2,0, 4,  3.

Find a basis for the subspace of 5 spanned by S.

1 1 4 1 2
0 1 2 1 1 

3. Let A   0 0 0 1 2  , find a basis for the null space of A .
 
 1 1 0 0 2
2 1 1 
 6 0

1 3 2 0 2 0
2 6 5  2 4  3 
4. Let B   , find a basis for the null space of B .
0 0 5 10 0 15 
 
2 6 0 8 4 18 

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 2 4 6 8
 
5. Let A   1 3 0 5 
 1 1 6 3
 

(a) Find a basis for the null space of A.

(b) Find a basis for the row space of A.

(c) Find a basis for the range of A that consists of column vectors of A.

(d) For each column vector which is not a basis vector that you obtained in part (c),

express it is a linear combination of the basis vectors for the range of A.

6. Find the rank and nullity of the following matrices:

1 4 5 6 9
1 1 3   1 4 5 2  3  2 1 4 1
 i  A  5  4  4  ii  A   2 1 3 0  iii  A   .
1 0 1 2 1
7  6 2   1 3 2 2  
2 3 5 7 8

 2 4 3 6
 7 14  6  3 
7. A   
  2  4 1  2
 
 2 4  2  2

Find

(a) a basis for the row space of A

(b) a basis for the column space of A that is a subset of the column vectors of A

(c) a basis for the null space of A

(d) the rank of A and

(e) the nullity of A.

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8. Find a basis for, and the dimension of the solution space of the following homogeneous

systems of linear equations:

i  x1  x2  x3  0  iii  x1  3x2  x3  0
 ii  x1  4 x2  3x3  x4  0
 2 x1  x2  2 x3  0 2 x1  6 x2  2 x3  0
2 x1  8 x2  6 x3  2 x4  0
 x1  x3  0  3x1  9 x2  3x3  0

 iv  2 x1  2 x2  x3  x5  0
 x1  x2  2 x3  3x4  x5  0
x1  x2  2 x3  x5  0
x3  x4  x5  0

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