MAE101: MATHEMATICS FOR

ENGINEERING
(Exercises)

Lecturer: NGUYEN NHU NGOC

Ho Chi Minh City

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A. CALCULUS
Chapter 1: Functions and Limits
1. Find the values for each function, if they exist, then simplify.

f (0), f (1), f (−x), f (a), f (a + h)

a) f (x) = 5x − 2 b) f (x) = 4x2 − 3x + 1 c) f (x) = |x − 7| + 8

2. Find all zeros/intercepts, if any, of the functions.

√
a) f (x) = 8x − 1 3 c) h(x) = 4|x − 5|
b) g(x) =
x−4
3. Find the domain of each function:
x √
a) f (x) = ln(x + 1) − √ b) g(x) = 3x2 − 2
x−1

4. Find the range of each function:

√
a) f (x) = x−2 b) g(x) = sin(x − 1) c) h(x) = 2x2 − 1

5. Determine whether is even, odd, or neither:

x √
a) f (x) = b) g(x) = x3 + x − 2 c) h(x) = 3x − 1
2
x +2
6. Explain how the following graphs are obtained from the graph of f (x)

a) f (x − 2) + 3 1 c) 2f (x) + 5
b) f (x) − 3
2
7. Write the equation of the line satisfying the given conditions in slope-intercept
form

a) Slope = −6, pass through (1, 3). b) Slope = 25, x- intercept = 8.

8. Find (f ◦ g)(x), (g ◦ f )(x) and simplify the results for each pair of functions. Find
the domain of each of the results.

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a) f (x) = 3x, g(x) = x + 5. 3 2
b) f (x) = , g(x) =
2x + 1 x
9. Use the table to evaluate each expression.
x 1 2 3 4 5 6
f (x) 3 1 4 2 2 5
g(x) 6 3 2 1 2 3

a) f (g(1)) b) g(f (1)) c) f (f (1)) d) g(g(1)) e) (g ◦ f )(3) f) (f ◦ g)(6)

10. Use the graph of the function y= f (x) shown here to find the values, if possible.
Estimate when necessary.

a) lim− f (x) c) lim f (x)

x→0 x→0

b) lim+ f (x) 1
x→0 d) lim f (x) 0
x→2

11. In the following exercises, use direct substitution to show that each limit leads
to the indeterminate form 0/0. Then evaluate the limit.
√
3x − 18 x+4−1
a) lim 0 c) lim 1/2
x→6 6x − 12 x→−3 x+3
(1 + h)2 − 1
b) lim 2 x3 − 1
h→0 h d) lim 3/2
x→1 x2 − 1

12. Evaluate the limit, if it exists. If the limit does not exist, explain why.

x2 + 2x − 6 2−x
a) lim not exist c) lim + vo cung
x→2 x−2 x→−2 |x + 2|

x6 − 1
b) lim 3/5 tan(3x)
x→1 x10 − 1 d) lim 3/5
x→0 tan(5x)

13. Find the constant a that makes f continuous everywhere (on R)

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 ®  2
8x2 if x ≥ 1  2x − 5x − 3
a) f (x) = if x 6= 3
ax − 5 if x < 1 c) f (x) = x2 − 9
a if x = 3
 2
® x −1
ax2 + 2x if x < 2 √ if x > 1
b) f (x) = d) f (x) = x−1
x3 − ax if x ≥ 2
ax + 1 if x ≤ 1


14. Find the numbers at which f is discontinuous.


2 if x ≤ 0
1 + x

f (x) = 2 − x if 0 < x ≤ 2

(x − 2)2 if x > 2


at 0

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 Chapter 2: Derivatives
15. Suppose that f (2) = −3, g(2) = 4, f 0 (2) = −2 and g 0 (2) = 7. Find h0 (2).

a) h(x) = 5f (x) − 4g(x) c) h(x) = f (x)g(x)

f (x) g(x)
b) h(x) = d) h(x) =
g(x) 1 + f (x)

16. Use the given graph to estimate the

value of each derivative f 0 .

a) f 0 (−3) c) f 0 (2)
b) f 0 (−1) d) f 0 (0)

17. Find the equation of the tangent line to the graph of each function at the given
point:

a) f (x) = 2x3 + 4x2 − 5x − 3 at x = −1. 2x

c) y = at (−1, 1).
x−1
4 3 − 2x
b) f (x) = x2 + − 10 at x = 8. d) y = at y = −1.
x x−1
18. Find the derivative of the function.
√
a) f (x) = 4
1 + 2x + x3 c) h(x) = (1 + 4x)5 (3 + x − x2 )8

b) g(x) = (4x − x2 )100 d) f (t) = et sin(2t) + ln(t2 + 1)

19. Find the second derivative of the function

√
a) f (x) = xe2x−1 b) g(x) = 2x2 + 1 c) h(x) = e−x sin(x)

20. Find dy/dt for

√
a) y = x3 + 2x, dx/dt = 5, x = 2. c) y = tan( t), t = π 2 /16.
√
b) 2x + 1, dx/dt = 3, x = 4. d) y = ln(x), dx/dt = 1 and x = e2 .

21. Find the differential dy

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a) y = ex/10 . x+1
c) y = , x = 2, dx = 0.05
√ x−1
b) y = 3 + x2 , x = 1, dx = 0.1.

22. The graph of f is given. State the numbers at which f is not differentiable
(with reasons).
3,0
-4 , 0

-1 : khong lien tuc => ko ton tai

dao ham

23. For the equation x2 + 2xy − 3y 2 = 0.

a) Find dy/dx.
b) Find the equation of the normal to the tangent line at the point (1, 1).
c) At what other point does the normal line in a. intersect the graph of the equa-
tion?

24. Find y 0 by implicit differentiation.

√ √
a) x+ y=1 b) 3x3 + 9xy 2 = 5x3 c) y sin(xy) = y 2 + 2

25. Use the information in the following table to find h0 (a) at the given value for
a

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a) h(x) = f (g(x)), a = 0. c) h(x) = (1 + g(x))3 , a = 2.
b) h(x) = g(f (x)), a = 0. d) h(x) = g(2 + f (x2 )), a = 1.

26. If z 2 = x2 + y 2 , dx/dt = 2 and dy/dt = 3, find dz/dt when x = 5 and y = 12.

27. If V is the volume of a cube with edge length x and the cube expands as time
passes, find dV /dt in terms of dx/dt.

28. Each side of a square is increasing at a rate of 6 cms . At what rate is the area
of the square increasing when the area of the square is 16 cm2 ?

29. Find the linear approximation L(x) to y = f (x) near x = a for the function.
√
a) f (x) = x3 − x2 + 3, a = −2. b) f (x) = 3
1 + x, a = 0.

30. A particle moves on a vertical line so that its coordinate at time t is y =

t3 − 12t + 3, t ≥ 0. Find the velocity and acceleration functions.

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 Chapter 3: APPLICATIONS OF
DIFFERENTIATION
31. Use the graph to state the absolute and local maximum and minimum values
of f, g functions.

32. Find the critical numbers of the function.

a) f (x) = 5x2 + 4x c) y = ln(x − 2)

√ x2 − 1
b) f (x) = 4 x − x2 d) f (x) =
x2 + 2x − 3
33. Find the absolute maximum and absolute minimum values of f on the given
interval.
√
a) f (x) = 3x2 − 12x + 5, [0, 3] c) f (t) = t 4 − t2 , [−1, 2]

b) f (x) = (x − x2 )2 , [−1, 1] d) f (x) = ln(x2 + x + 1), [−1, 1]

34. If f (1) = 10 and f 0 (x) ≥ 2 for 1 ≤ x ≤ 4, how small can f (4) possibly be?
35. Find all numbers that satisfy the conclusion of Rolle’s Theorem.
√
a) f (x) = 5 − 12x + 3x2 , [1, 3] c) f (x) = x − 13 x, [0, 9]

b) f (x) = x3 − x2 − 6x + 2, [0, 3] d) f (x) = cos(2x), [π/8, 7π/8]

36. Find all numbers that satisfy the conclusion of the Mean Value Theorem.

a) f (x) = 3x2 + 2x + 5, [−1, 1] c) f (x) = ln(x + 1), [0, e − 1]

√ x2 + 3x + 2
b) f (x) = 9 − x2 , [−3, 3] d) f (x) = , [−1, 1]
x
37. Suppose the derivative of a function f is f 0 (x) = (x + 1)2 (x − 3)5 (x − 6)4 . On
what interval is f increasing?
x2
38. Let f (x) =
x2 − 1
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a) Find the vertical and horizontal asymptotes.
b) Find the intervals of increase or decrease.
c) Find the local maximum and minimum values.
d) Find the intervals of concavity and the inflection points.

39. Determine intervals where f is concave up or concave down, and determine the
inflection points of f .

a) f (x) = x3 − 4x2 + x + 2 c) f (x) = x11 − 6x10

b) f (x) = (x2 − 1)2 d) f (x) = x2 ln(x)

40. Suppose that 3 ≤ f 0 (x) ≤ 5 for all values of x. Show that 18 ≤ f (8) − f (2) ≤ 30.

41. Find the point on the line 6x + y = 9 that is closest to the point (-3,1).

42. If 1200 cm2 of material is available to make a box with a square base and an
open top, find the largest possible volume of the box.

43. Find the numbers whose product is 100 and whose sum is minimum.

44. Find the dimensions of a rectangle with area 1000 m2 whose perimeter is as
small as possible.

45. Use Newton’s method to approximate the given number correct to eight deci-
mal places.
√
5
√
100
a) 20 b) 100

46. Use Newton’s method with the specified initial approximation x1 to find x3 ,
the third approximation to the root of the given equation. (Give your answer to
four decimal places).

a) x3 + 2x − 4 = 0, x1 = 1. c) (x − 2)2 = ln(x), x1 = 2.
b) x5 − x − 1 = 0, x1 = 1. d) 31 x3 + 12 x2 + 3 = 0, x1 = −3

47. Find the most general antiderivative of the function. (Check your answer by
differentiation).
√
a) f (x) = 8x9 − 3x6 + 12x3 x4 + 3 x
c) f (x) = .
x2
√
4
√3
b) f (x) = x(2 − x)2 . d) f (x) = x3 + x4

48. Find the antiderivative F of f that satisfies the given condition.

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a) f (x) = 5x4 − 2x5 , F (0) = 4. b) f (x) = 4 − 3(1 + x2 )−1 , F (1) = 0.

49. A particle is moving with the given data. Find the position of the particle.

a) v(t) = sin(t) − cos(t), s(0) = 0 b) a(t) = t2 − 4t + 6, s(0) = 0, s(1) = 20

50. The graph of a function f is shown. Which graph is an antiderivative of f and

why? tìm nguyên hàm của f

b a

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 Chapter 4-6: INTEGRALS & TECHNIQUES
OF INTEGRATION
51. Estimate the area under the graph of f (x) = x2 + 1 from x = −1 to x = 2 using
four rectangles and

a) left endpoints b) right endpoints c) midpoints

52. Use (a) the Trapezoidal Rule, (b) the Midpoint Rule, and (c) Simpson’s Rule to
approximate the given integral with the specified value of n. (Round your answers
to six decimal places.)
R2√ dt
I) 0 4 1 + x2 dx, n = 8
R3
II) 0 2 4
,n=6
1+t +t
R2 dx
53. Let I = 0
. Find the approximations L4 , R4 , M4 , T4 and S4 for the integral
x2 + 1
I.
Rx√
54. Find the derivative of the function g(x) = 0
1 + t2 dt.

55. Find g 0 (0) for

R x2 R x3 √
a) g(x) = x
e2t+1 dt b) 2x−1
u u + 1du

56. Find F 0 (x)

Rx 2 Rx R sin x √
a) F (x) = 1 e−t dt d) F (x) = √ ds g) F (x) = 1 − t2 dt
4 16−s2 0
Rx R 2x R1 √
b) F (x) = 1
ecos t dt e) F (x) = x
tdt h) F (x) = cos x
1 − t2 dt
Rxp R√ x R √x t 2
c) F (x) = 3
9 − y 2 dy f) F (x) = 0
tdt i) F (x) = 1 1+t4 dt

57. Find the general indefinite integral.

x + x−2 dx
R 2
R

a) e) (1 − t) 2 + t2 dt
R Ä√ √3
ä R
2
b) x3 + x2 dx f) v v2 + 2 dv
√
x3 −2 x
R 4 1 3 1
R
c) x − 2 x + 4 x − 2 dx g) x dx
1
R 3
R

d) y + 1.8y 2 − 2.4y dy h) x2 + 1 + x2 +1 dx
ß
−x
√− 1, −3 ≤ x ≤ 0 R1
58. Let f (x) = 2
. Evaluate −3
f (x)dx
− 1−x , 0<x≤1

59. Find the average value of the function on the given interval. Find c such that
fave feva = f (c).

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a) f (x) = 4x − x2 , [0, 4]. b) f (x) = sin(4x), [−π, π].

60. The velocity function (in meters per second) is given for a particle moving
along a line. Find (a) the displacement and (b) the distance traveled by the particle
during the given time interval.

I) v(t) = 3t − 5, 0 ≤ t ≤ 3 II) v(t) = t2 − 2t − 8, 1 ≤ t ≤ 6

61. Water flows from the bottom of a storage tank at a rate of f (t) = 200 − 4t liters
per minute, where 0 ≤ t ≤ 50. Find the amount of water that flows from the tank
during the first 10 minutes.

62. First make a substitution and then use integration by parts to evaluate the
integral.
R √ 2
b) t3 e−t dt
R
a) cos xdx

63. Evaluate the integral.

√
R2 Rπ
a) (x − 1)25 dx


d) x cos x2 dx
0 0

R7 √ R x
b) 4 + 3xdx e) dx
0 (x2 + 1)2

R1
5 R dx
c) x2 1 + 2x3 dx f) p
0
3
(1 + 2x)2

64. Evaluate the integral

R R
a) xex dx d) ln xdx
R1 Re
b) 0 x2 e−x dx e) 1
x ln xdx
R R √
c) x sin xdx f) e x dx

R5 R5 R4
65. If f (x)dx = 12 and f (x)dx = 3.6, find f (x)dx.
1 4 1
R1 R1
66. Suppose f(x) is differentiable, f(1) = 4 and 0
f (x)dx = 5. Find 0
xf 0 (x)dx
R3
67. Suppose f (x) is differentiable, f (1) = 3, f (3) = 1 and 1
xf 0 (x)dx = 13. What is
the average value of f on the interval [1, 3]?

68. Determine whether each integral is convergent or divergent. Evaluate those

that are convergent.
R ∞ dx R −1 R∞ y
a) 1 (3x+1) 2 c) −∞ √dw e) 4 e− 2 dy
2−w
R∞ R −1
d) 0 (xxdx
R 0 dx
b) −∞ 2x−5 2 +2)2 f) −∞ e−2t dt

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 R∞ R 1/4 R1
g) sin ϕdϕ dy 1
2π i) 1 4y−1
k) −1 3 2 dx
√
x
R∞ R4 R3
√dx dx
2
h) −∞
xe−x dx j) 3 x−3
l) 0
√
x

69. Use the Comparison Theorem to determine whether the integral is convergent
or divergent
R∞ 2 R∞
a) 1 cos1+xxdx
2
d) 1 √xdx
1+x6

R ∞ 2+e−x R π2 cos
b) dx e) √ xdx
1 x 0 sin x
R∞ R1 2dx
dx f) √
c) 1 x+e2x 0 x3

70. (Advance) Determine whether each integral is convergent or divergent. Evalu-

ate those that are convergent.
R∞ 1
R∞ 1 d) 1 (2x+1) 3 dx
a) 3/2
dx
3 (x − 2) R∞
e) 2 e−5p dp
R∞ 1
b) √ dx R ∞ x2
0
4
1 + x f) 0
√
1+x3
dx
R0 R∞ 2
c) 1
−∞ 3−4x
dx g) −∞
xe−x dx

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Class: . . . . . . . . . . . .

B. LINEAR ALGEBRA
Chapter 1: Systems of Linear Equations
Exercises:

• Section 1: 1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 1.11/P.8

• Section 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.5 (a, b, c, d)/ P.18; 2.7, 2.11/ P.18
• Section 3: 3.2/P.25; 3.5 (a, b, c) /P.26

71. In each case verify that the following are solutions for all values of s and t.

a) x = 19t − 35, y = 25 − 13t, z = t is a solution of

2x + 3y + z = 5
5x + 7y − 4z = 0

b) x1 = 2s + 12t + 13, x2 = s, x3 = −s − 3t − 3, x4 = t is a solution of

2x1 + 5x2 + 9x3 + 3x4 = −1

x1 + 2x2 + 4x3 = 1

72. Regarding 2x = 5 as the equation 2x + 0y = 5 in two variables, find all solutions

in parametric form.

73. Write the augmented matrix for each of the following systems of linear equa-
tions.

x − 3y = 5 x + 2y = 0 x−y+z =2 x+y =1
a) b)
2x + y = 1 y=1 c) x−z =1 d) y + z = 0
y + 2x = 0 z−x=2

74. Find all solutions (if any) of the following systems of linear equations.

3x − 2y = 5 3x − 2y = 5
a) b)
−12x + 8y = −20 −12x + 8y = 16

75. Which of the following matrices are in reduced row-echelon form? Which are
in row-echelon form?
  ï ò ï ò
1 −1 2 2 1 −1 3 1 −2 3 5
b) c)
a)  0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 1

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   ï ò  
1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1
e)
d) 0 0 0 1 1 
 0 1 f) 0 0 1 

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

76. Carry each of the following matrices to reduced row-echelon form.

   
0 −1 2 1 2 1 −1 0 −1 3 1 3 2 1
 0 1 −2 2 7 2 4   0 −2 6 1 −5 0 −1 
a) 
 0 −2 4 3 7
 b) 
 0 3 −9 2 4 1 −1 

1 0 
0 3 −6 1 6 4 1 0 1 −3 −1 3 0 1

77. Find all solutions (if any) to each of the following systems of linear equations.

x + y + 2z = 8 x + y − z = 10
a) 3x − y + z = 0 c) −x + 4y + 5z = −5
−x + 3y + 4z = −4 x + 6y + 3z = 15

−2x + 3y + 3z = −9 x + 2y − z = 2
b) 3x − 4y + z = 5 d) 2x + 5y − 3z = 1
−5x + 7y + 2z = −14 x + 4y − 3z = 3

78. Find the rank of each of the following matrices.

   
1 1 2 3 −2 1 −2
a)  3 −1 1  d)  1 −1 3 5 
−1 3 4 −1 1 1 −1
   
−2 3 3 1 2 −1 0
b)  3 −4 1  e) 0
 a 2
1−a a +1 
−5 7 2 1 2 − a −1 −2a2
   
1 1 −1 3 1 1 2 a2
c) −1 4 5 −2 
 f)  1 1 − a 2 0 
1 6 3 4 2 2−a 6−a 4

79. In each of the following, find all values of a for which the system has nontrivial
solutions, and determine all solutions in each case.

x − 2y + z = 0 x+y−z =0
a) x + ay − 3z = 0 c) ay − z = 0
−x + 6y − 5z = 0 x + y + az = 0

x + 2y + z = 0 ax + y + z = 0
b) x + 3y + 6z = 0 d) x + y − z = 0
2x + 3y + az = 0 x + y + az = 0

80. For each of the following homogeneous systems, find a set of basic solutions
and express the general solution as a linear combination of these basic solutions.

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 x1 + 2x2 − x3 + 2x4 + x5 = 0 x1 + x2 − x3 + 2x4 + x5 = 0
a) x1 + 2x2 + 2x3 + x5 = 0 x1 + 2x2 − x3 + x4 + x5 = 0
c)
2x1 + 4x2 − 2x3 + 3x4 + x5 = 0 2x1 + 3x2 − x3 + 2x4 + x5 = 0
4x1 + 5x2 − 2x3 + 5x4 + 2x5 = 0

x1 + x2 − 2x3 − 2x4 + 2x5 = 0

x1 + 2x2 − x3 + x4 + x5 = 0 2x1 + 2x2 − 4x3 − 4x4 + x5 = 0
d)
b) −x1 − 2x2 + 2x3 + x5 = 0 x1 − x2 + 2x3 + 4x4 + x5 = 0
−x1 − 2x2 + 3x3 + x4 + 3x5 = 0 −2x1 − 4x2 + 8x3 + 10x4 + x5 = 0

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Class: . . . . . . . . . . . .

B. LINEAR ALGEBRA
Chapter 2: Matrix Algebra
Exercises:

• Section 1: 1.1 (a, b, c), 1.2 (a, b, c, d, e, f) / P.44; 1.4, 1.5/ P.45

• Section 3: 3.1/P. 75, 76; 3.3/P.76

• Section 4: 4.1, 4.2 (a, b, c, d)/P.90; 4.3, 4.5/ P.91

• Section 6: 6.1, 6.2/P.114

81. Find a, b, c, and d if

ï ò ï ò ï ò ï ò ï ò
a b c − 3d −d a b 1
a) = c) 3 +2 =
c d 2a + d a + b b a 2
ï ò ï ò
a−b b−c 1 1
b) =2
c−d d−a −3 1

82. Compute the following:

ï ò ï ò
3 2 1 3 0 −2
a) −5
5 1 0 1 −1 2
ï ò ï ò ï ò
3 6 1
b) 3 −5 +7
−1 2 −1
ï ò ï ò ï ò
−2 1 1 −2 2 −3
c) −4 +3
3 2 0 −1 −1 −2
     
d) 3 −1 2 −2 9 3 4 + 3 11 −6
ï òT
1 −5 4 0
e)
2 1 0 6
 T
0 −1 2
f)  1 0 −4 
−2 4 0

83. Find A if:

ï ò ï ò ï ò ï ò
1 0 5 2 2 3
a) 5A − = 3A − b) 3A − = 5A − 2
2 3 6 1 1 0

84. Find A in terms of B if:

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a) A + B = 3A + 2B b) 2A − B = 5(A + 2B)

85. Compute the following matrix products.

ï òï ò  
1 3 2 −1 2 
a) 
0 −2 0 1 f)  1  1 −1 3
  −7
ï ò 2 3 1
1 −1 2 
b) 1 9 7 
2 0 4
−1 0 2
ï òï ò
3 1 2 −1
g)
  5 2 −5 3
ï ò 3
5 0 −7 
c) 1 
1 5 9
−1 ï

ò a 0 0

2 3 1 
h) 0 b 0 
  
1 0 0 3 −2 5 7 4
d)  0 1 0   5 −7  0 0 c
0 0 1 9 7

a0 0 0
    
2 a 0 0
i)  0 b 0   0 b0 0 
 
e) 1 −1 3  1 
−8 0 0 c 0 0 c0

86. Find a, b, a1 , and b1 if:

ï òï ò ï ò ï òï ò ï ò
a b 3 −5 1 −1 2 1 a b 7 2
a) = b) =
a1 b 1 −1 2 2 0 −1 2 a1 b 1 −1 4

87. In each case, show that the matrices are inverses of each other.
ï ò ï ò    
3 5 2 −5 1 2 0 7 2 −6
a) ,
1 2 −1 3 c)  0 2 3  ,  −3 −1 3 
1 3 1 2 1 −2
1
ï ò ï ò ï ò ï ò
3 0 1 4 0 3 0 3 0
b) , 12 d) , 1
1 −4 1 −3 0 5 0 5

88. Find the inverse of each of the following matrices.

ï ò  
1 −1 1 0 −1
a)
−1 3 c)  3 2 0 
−1 −1 0
 
1 −1 2
ï ò
4 1 d) −5 7 −11 

b)
3 2 −2 3 −5

89. In each case, solve the systems of equations by finding the inverse of the
coefficient matrix.

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 3x − y = 5 x + y + 2z = 5
a)
2x + 2y = 1 c) x+y+z =0
x + 2y + 4z = −2

x + 4y + 2z = 1
2x − 3y = 0 d) 2x + 3y + 3z = −1
b)
x − 4y = 1 4x + y + 4z = 0

90. Find A when

ï ò òã−1
1 −1
Å ï ï ò
a) (3A) =−1 1 −1 2 3
0 1 e) A =
0 1 1 1
ï ò−1 ò ã−1
1 −1
Åï ï ò
b) (2A)T = 1 0 1 0
2 3
f) A =
2 1 2 2
ï ò ï ò
2 0
−1 1 1
c) (I + 3A)−1 = g) AT − 2I =2
1 −1 2 3
ï ò ï ò

−1 2 1
T 1 1
d) I − 2AT = h) A−1 − 2I = −2
1 1 1 0

91. Let T : R3 → R2 be a linear transformation.

     
8 1 ï ò 2 ï ò
2 −1
a) Find T 3 if T
   0 = and T 1 =
 
3 0
7 −1 3
     
5 3 ï ò 2 ï ò
3 −1
b) Find T  6  if T  2  = and T  0  =
5 2
−13 −1 5

92. (Extra) Let T : R4 → R3 be a linear transformation.

     
1 1   0  
2 5
 if T  1  =  3  and T  −1  =  0 
 3    
a) Find T 
 −2   0  1
−1 1
−3 −1 1
     
5 1   −1  
 −1  1 5  1 2
b) Find T 
  if T   =
   1 and T 
   = 0 .

2  1 0 
−3 1
−4 1 2

93. In each case determine all s and t such that the given matrix is symmetric:
ï ò ï ò
1 s s t
a) b)
−2 t st 1

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    
s 2s st 2 s t
c)  t −1 s  d) 2s 0 s + t 

t s2 s 3 3 t

94. In each case find the matrix A.

 
Å ï òãT 2 1
1 −1 0
a) A + 3 = 0 5 
1 2 4
3 8
Å ï òãT ï ò
1 0 8 0
b) 3AT +2 =
0 2 3 1
 
T  T
c) 2A − 3 1 2 0 = 3AT + 2 1 −1
Å ï òãT ï ò
1 0 1 1
d) 2AT −5 = 4A − 9
−1 2 −1 0

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Chapter 3: Determinants and Diagonalization

95. Compute the determinants of the following matrices.
     
 x − 2 −1   −3 2 1   x y 1
a)      
−3 x  c)  4 5 6  e)  −1 −2 1 
 2 −3 1   1 5 1
     
 −2 0 0   2 −1 1   m −1 0 
     
b)  4 6 0  d)  0 2 1  f)  1 2 1 

 −3 7 2  0 0 4  2 m −3 

96. Find the minors and the cofactors of the matrix.

Å ã Ñ é
2 3 1 3 1
a) A =
−2 4 c) C = 2 −1 m
1 2 5
Ñ é Ñ é
−3 4 2 1 b c
b) B = 6 3 1 d) D = b c 1
4 −7 −8 c 1 b
Ñ é
1 0 3
97. Let matrix A = 0 −1 2 .
2 1 0
(Note: The adjugate of matrix A, denoted adj(A), is the transpose of this cofactor
matrix)

a) Find the adjugate and the inverse of the matrix.

b) Calculate A(adjA) and (adjA)A.
Ü ê
1 ∗ ∗ ∗
0 −1 ∗ ∗
98. Let A = . Find
0 0 2 ∗
0 0 0 2
a) 2A−1  e) (2A)−1 
   
c) | adj A|
f) A−1 − 2 adj A
     
b) AAT  d) −A3 

99. Let A and B be square matrices of order 4 such that |A| = −5 and |B| = 3.
Find

c) 5A−1 B T 
 
a) |2AB|
d) AT B −1 A2 
 
b) | adj(AB)|

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100. Let A, B and C denote n × n matrices and assume that detA = −1, detB = 2,
and detC = 3. Evaluate:

a) det(A3 BC T B −1 ) b) det(B 2 C −1 AB −1 C T )

101. Let A and B be invertible n × n matrices. Evaluate:

a) det(B −1 AB) b) det(A−1 B −1 AB)

102. Find all values of m for which the matrix is not invertible
Å ã Ñ é Ñ é
1 3 m 1 3 m 2 0
a) A =
m 2 b) B = 1 3 2 c) C = 1 m 1
−1 4 5 2 3 1

103. Find the characteristic polynomial of the matrix

Å ã Ñ é Ñ é
3 5 1 0 0 1 2 −1
a) A =
1 2 b) B = −2 2 1 c) C = 0 1 2
1 2 1 −1 1 1

104. Find the eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors of the matrix

Å ã Ñ é Ñ é
−3 5 1 0 0 −3 2 −1
a) A =
10 2 c) C = −2 3 0 d) D = 0 1 0
Å ã 0 0 4 4 1 1
5 4
b) B =
2 3
Ü ê
5 1 2 4
1 0 −1 −3
105. Find the determinant of the matrix A =
1 1 6 1
1 0 0 −4
 
−1 3 −2
106. Find the (1, 2)-cofactor and (3, 1) - cofactor of the matrix  4 5 −7 
7 8 1
Ñ é
1 3 1
107. Let A = 0 1 0 . For which values of x is A invertible?
2 −1 x

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Chapter 4: VECTOR GEOMETRY

108. Find the distance between the following pairs of points.
       
3 2 −3 1
a)  −1  and  −1  c)  5 and 3 
 
0 1 2 3
       
2 2 4 3
b) −1 and 0 
   d)  0 and 2 
 
2 1 −2 0

109. Find a unit vector in the direction from A(3, −1, 4) to B(1, 3, 5).

110. Find the equations of

a) the line through the points P (3, −1, 4) and Q(1, 0, −1).

b) the line passing through P (1, 0, −3) and parallel to the line with parametric
equations x = −1 + 2t, y = 2 − t, and z = 3 + 3t.

111. Find the point of intersection (if any) of the following pairs of lines.
   
 x=3+t  x = 4 + 2s  x=1−t  x = 2s
a) y = 1 − 2t and y = 6 + 3s b) y = 2 + 2t and y =1+s
z = 3 + 3t z =1+s z = −1 + 3t z=3
   

112. Compute u · v where:

a) u = (2, −1, 3), v = (−1, 1, 1). c) u = (a, b, c), v = (x, y, z).

b) u = (1, 2, −1), v = u.

113. Find the angle between the following pairs of vectors.

√
a) u = (1, 0, 3), v = (2, 0, 1). c) u = (0, 3, 4), v = (5 2, −7, −1).
b) u = (7, −1, 3), v = (1, 4, −1).

114. Find an equation of the plane through P (1, −1, 3) with n = (3, −1, 2) as normal.

115. Find all vectors v = (x, y, z) orthogonal to both:

a) u1 = (−1, −3, 2), u2 = (0, 1, 1). b) u1 = (2, 0, −1), u2 = (−4, 0, 2).

116. Show that the triangle with vertices A(4, −7, 9), B(6, 4, 4), and C(7, 10, −6) is
not a right-angled triangle.

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 x = 2 + 3t
117. Calculate the distance from the point P (3, 2, −1) to the line y =1−t
z = 3 − 2t

and find the point Q on the line closest to P .

118. Find an equation of each of the following planes.

a) Passing through A(2, 1, 3), B(3, −1, 5), and C(1, 2, −3).
b) Passing through A(1, −1, 6), B(0, 0, 1), and C(4, 7, −11).
c) Passing through P (2, −3, 5) and parallel to the plane with equation 3x−2y−z = 0.

119. Find the area of the triangle with the following vertices.

a) A(3, −1, 2), B(1, 1, 0), and C(1, 2, −1). b) A(3, 0, 1), B(5, 1, 0), and C(7, 2, −1)

120. Find two orthogonal vectors that are both orthogonal to v = (1, 2, 0).

121. Find the volume of the parallelepiped determined by w, u, and v when:

a) w = (2, 1, 1), v = (1, 0, 2), u = (2, 1, −1).

b) w = (1, 0, 3), v = (2, 1, −3), and u = (1, 1, 1).

122. Find ||v × w||(u × w), if u = (1, 1, 1); v = (0, 2, 1) and w = (1, 3, 3).

123. Find the distance between the two parallel planes given by 2x + y − z = 2 and
2x + y − z = 8.

124. Find parametric and symmetric equations for the line formed by the inter-
section of the planes given by

a) x + y + z = 0 and 2x − y + z = 0. b) 2x − 3y + 2z = 5 and x + 2y − z = 4.

125. Find the shortest distance between the following pairs of parallel lines.
   
 x=2+t  x=1+t  x = 3 + 3t  x = −1 + 3t
a) y = −1 − t and y = −t b) y=t and y =2+t
z = 3 + 4t z = 1 + 4t z=2 z=2
   

126. In each case solve the problem by finding the matrix of the operator.

a) Find the projection of v = (1, −2, 3) on the plane with equation 3x − 5y + 2z = 0.

b) Find the reflection of v = (1, −2, 3) in the plane with equation x − y + 3z = 0.

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Chapter 5: The Vector Space Rn

127. Let u = (2, −1, 5, 0), v = (4, 3, 1, −1), and w = (−6, 2, 0, 3) be vectors in R4 .
Find x using each equation.

a) x = 2u − (v + 3w) b) 3(x + w) = 2u − v + x

128. Let x = (−1, −2, −2), u = (0, 1, 4), v = (−1, 1, 2), and w = (3, 1, 2) in R3 . Find
scalars a, b, and c such that
x = au + bv + cw.

129. Write v as a linear combination of u and w, if possible, where u = (1, 2) and

w = (1, −1).

a) v = (0, 3) b) v = (1, −1) c) v = (3, 3) d) v = (2, 1)

130. Determine whether the set S is linearly independent or linearly dependent.

a) S = {(−2, 2), (3, 5)} d) S = {(−2, 1, 3), (2, 9, −3), (2, 3, −3)}
b) S = {(3, −6), (−1, 2)} e) S = {(1, −4, 1), (6, 3, 2)}
c) S = {(1, 0), (1, 1), (2, −1)} f) S = {(4, −3, 6, 2), (1, 8, 3, 1), (3, −2, −1, 0)}

131. For which values of t is each set linearly independent?

a) S = {(t, 1, 1), (1, t, 1), (1, 1, t)} c) S = {(t, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 1)}
b) S = {(t, 1, 1), (1, 0, 1), (1, 1, 3t)}

132. Find a basis for and the dimension of the subspace W of R4 .

a) W = {(2s − t, s, t, s)|s, t ∈ R } c) W = {(0, 6t, t, −t)|t ∈ R}

b) W = {(5t, −3t, t, t)|t ∈ R} d) W = {(s + 4t, t, s, 2s − t)|s, t ∈ R}

133. Find a basis of the subspace U

a) U = span{(1, 2, 4), (−1, 3, 4), (2, 3, 1)}

b) U = span {(1, −1, 0, 3), (2, 1, 5, 1), (4, −2, 5, 7)}

134. Find a basis for and the dimension of the solution space of the homogeneous
system of linear equations.
 ß
 −x + y + z = 0 x − 2y + 3z = 0
b)
a) 3x − y = 0 −3x + 6y − 9z = 0
2x − 4y − 5z = 0


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 3x1 + 3x2 + 15x3 + 11x4 = 0
c) x1 − 3x2 + x3 + x4 = 0
2x1 + 3x2 + 11x3 + 8x4 = 0


135. Find bases for the row and column spaces of A and determine the rank of A.
   
2 −4 6 8 1 −1 5 −2 2
 2 −1 3 2   2 −2 −2 5 1 
a) A =  
 4 −5 9 10  c) A =  
 0 0 −12 9 −3 
0 −1 1 2 −1 1 7 −7 1
 
2 −1 1
 −2 1 1 
b) A = 
 4 −2 3 
 ï ò
1 2 −1 3
d) A =
−6 3 0 −3 −6 3 −2

136. Which of the following are subspaces of R3 ?

a) {(2 + a, b − a, b) | a, b ∈ R} c) {(2a + b, 0, ab) | a, b ∈ R}

b) {(a + b, a, b) | a, b ∈ R}

137. Let u = (1, −3, −2), v = (−1, 1, 0) and w = (1, 2, −3). Compute ku − v + wk

138. Let u, v ∈ R3 such that kuk = 3, kvk = 4 and u · v = −2. Find

a) ku + vk c) k2u − vk
b) k2u + 3vk

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