Monday, December 12, 2016 Mathematics 1229A

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PART A (35 marks)

NOTE: YOUR ANSWERS TO THE PROBLEMS IN PART A MUST BE
INDICATED ON THE SCANTRON SHEET. YOU SHOULD ALSO CIRCLE
YOUR ANSWERS IN THIS BOOKLET.
Use the following information for questions 1, 2 and 3.
Let u = (1, 0, 3) and v = (0, 5, 0).

1 1. Find the length (magnitude) of the vector u + v.

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√ √ √
A: 35 B: 9 C: 10 + 25 D: 0 E: 10

1 2. Find u • v.
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A: (−15, 0, 5) B: 0 C: 16 D: 20 E: (0, 0, 0)

1 3. Find u × v.
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A: 0 B: (0, 0, 0) C: (5, −15, 0) D: (15, 0, −5) E: (−15, 0, 5)

1 4. Which one of the following is an equation of the line in ℜ2 which passes through the point
mark P (5, 7) and is perpendicular to the vector v = (2, 3)?
A: (x, y) = (5, 7) + t(2, 3) B: (x, y) = (5, 7) + t(3, −2) C: (x, y) = (2, 3) + t(5, 7)
D: (x, y) = (2, 3) + t(7, −5) E: (x, y) = (5, 7) + t(0, 0)

1 5. Consider the following vectors in ℜ3 : u = 2i − 3j and v = i − j. Which of the vectors u,

mark v and k are parallel to both the plane 3x + 2y = 5 and the plane x + y = 2 (in ℜ3 )?
A: u only B: v only C: k only D: u and v but not k E: all of u, v and k

1 6. Which one of the following is an equation of the line in ℜ2 which passes through the point
mark P (4, 2) and is parallel to the line x − y = 12?
A: (x, y) = (4, 2) + t(1, −1) B: (x, y) = (4, 2) + 12(1, −1) C: (x, y) = (1, −1) + t(2, −4)
D: (x, y) = (4, 2) + t(1, 1) E: (x, y) = (1, 1) + 12(4, 2)

1 7. Find the distance from the point P (3, 1, −1) to the plane 3x + y − z = 2.
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√ 9
A: 11 B: 9 C: 0 D: 11 E: √
11

1 8. Which of the matrices shown below is/are in row-reduced echelon form?

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 
1 0 5 5      
0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 3
 0 1 8 10 
M1 =  M2 =  0 1 0  M3 =  0 1 2  M4 =  0 1 0 1 1 
       
0 0 0 0 

1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 8

0 0 0 0

A: M3 only. B: M1 and M4 only. C: M2 and M3 only.

D: M2 , M3 and M4 only. E: None of the matrices.
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1 9. Which of the following describes the region that represents the intersection of the planes
mark x + 2y + 3z = 4, 2x + y + 4z = 1 and −x − 2y − 3z = 4?
A: No points. B: Only 1 point. C: Only 3 points. D: A line. E: A plane.

1 10. Find all solutions to the system of linear equations represented by the augmented matrix
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1 0 1 3
 0 1 1 4 
 
0 0 1 7

A: The system has no solutions. B: (3, 4, 7) only.

C: (3 − t, 4 − t, 7 − t) for any real t. D: (−4, −3, 7) only.
E: None of A, B, C or D.

1 11. Find all solutions to the system of linear equations represented by the augmented matrix
mark shown here:  
1 0 2 2 1
 0 1 3 1 4 
 
0 0 0 0 0
 
 
0 0 0 0 0

A: (1, 4, 0, 0) only. B: (1, 0, 2, 2) and (0, 1, 3, 1) only.

C: (1 − 4t, 4 − 4t, t, t) for any real t. D: The system has no solutions.
E: (1 − 2s − 2t, 4 − 3s − t, s, t) for any real s and t.

1 12. Let A be a 2 × 2 matrix, B be a 3 × 2 matrix, and C be a 4 × 3 matrix. Which one of the

mark following matrix operations is defined?

A: AB T C T B: AB T + C C: CB + A D: BC T E: AB

1 13. If A and B are both 5 × 2 matrices, while C is a 5 × 3 matrix and D is a 2 × 7 matrix,

mark what are the dimensions of C T (A + B)D?

A: 5 × 7 B: 3 × 5 C: 7 × 3 D: 5 × 2 E: 3 × 7

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1 2
1 14. Find A2 if A = .
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" # " # " # " # " #
1 8 1 4 2 4 3 4 1 0
A: B: C: D: E:
0 9 0 9 0 6 0 5 0 3

1 15. Find a22 if A = [aij ] = BCD, where B, C and D are the matrices shown here:
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 
" # 3 1
1 h i
B= C= 4 0 1 D= 4 0 
 
2
1 1

A: 2 B: 10 C: 1 D: 5 E: A is not defined
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   
0 3 0 a b c
1 16. Let A−1 =  0 0 5  be the inverse of A =  d e f . Find the solution to the
   
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6 0 0 g h i
system of linear equations shown here:

ax + by + cz = 2
dx + ey + f z = 4
gx + hy + iz = 7

A: (35, 12, 12) B: (6, 20, 42) C: The system has no solution.
D: (12, 12, 35) E: (12, 35, 12)

 
1 1 2 1
1 17. Find the rank of the augmented matrix  1 2 2 1 .
 
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−3 −1 −6 1

A: 0 B: 1 C: 2 D: 3 E: 4

1 18. Which one of the following statements is false?

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(i) If A is an n × n matrix with rank n, then A must be invertible.
(ii) If A is a square invertible matrix, then the linear system Ax = 0
must have a unique solution.
(iii) Any homogeneous system of 3 linear equations in 4 unknowns
must have non-trivial solutions.
(iv) If A is an n × n matrix with rank n − 1, then the linear system Ax = b
must have infinitely many solutions.

A: (i) B: (ii) C: (iii) D: (iv) E: None of them.

1 19. If A is a 6 × 4 matrix, what is the largest possible value of the rank of A?

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A: 4 B: 6 C: 10 D: 24 E: 2

1 20. Consider the linear system Ax = b where A is a 12 × 12 invertible matrix. Which one of
mark the following statements is false?
A: The rank of [A | b] is 12.
B: The system may have no solution.
C: The row-reduced echelon form of A is an identity matrix.
D: The rank of A is 12.
E: If B = A−1 then B is also a 12 × 12 invertible matrix.

 
2 1 1
1 21. Find the (2, 3)-minor of A =  2 2 −1 .
 
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3 0 0

A: 9 B: −9 C: −4 D: 3 E: −3
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
1 1 1
1 22. Find det A, where A =  1 2 1 .
 
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1 1 2

A: 0 B: 1 C: 2 D: 3 E: 4

 
10 20 30
1 23. Find det  20 50 70 .
 
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30 60 80

A: 0 B: 10 C: −10 D: 1000 E: −1000

 
2 0 0
1 24. Find det  5 5 0 .
 
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−1 −1 −1

A: 2 B: 5 C: −10 D: −1 E: −50

 
11 22 33
1 25. Find det  22 44 66 .
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33 66 99

A: 0 B: 11 C: 113 D: 6 E: 66

 
0 1 1
1 26. Let A =  1 0 1 . Find det(A − AA−1 ).
 
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1 1 0

A: 2 B: 4 C: −2 D: −4 E: 0

1 27. Let I be the identity matrix with 2016 rows and 2016 columns. Find det(−3I).
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C: 32016 D: − 32016


A: −3(2016) B: 3(2016) E: 2016−3

1 28. Let A be a 3 × 3 invertible matrix with det A = 2. Find det(−2AAT A−1 ).

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A: −32 B: −4 C: 4 D: −16 E: 16

   
a b c a 5b c
1 29. If det  d e f  = 3, find det  −2d −10e −2f .
   
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g h i g 5h i

A: −30 B: −6 C: −10 D: 6 E: 30
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   
a b c a + 2g b + 2h c + 2i
1 30. If det  d e f  = 3, find det  d e f .
   
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g h i d+a e+b f +c

A: −3 B: 3 C: −6 D: 6 E: 0

1 31. The system of linear equations Ax = b, has 3 equations in 3 unknowns, with det A = 0.
mark Which one of the following statements is true?
A: The system must have a unique solution.
B: The system always has at least one solution.
C: The system cannot have infinitely many solutions.
D: The system might not have any solutions.
E: None of A, B, C or D.

 
1 3 −1
1 32. Find the (2, 3)-entry of Adj A, where A =  1 −1 2 .
 
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1 1 0

A: −2 B: 2 C: −3 D: 3 E: 1

1 33. Consider a system of linear equations Ax = b, where A is a 12 × n matrix with det A = 0.

mark Which one of the following statements is false?
A: n must be 12.
B: A has no inverse.
C: The rank of A is less than 12.
D: Adj A is not defined.
E: Cramer’s Rule cannot be used to solve the system.

1 34. Find the (2, 3)-entry of A−1 if it is known that det A = −2 and that Adj A is the matrix
mark shown here:  
2 2 −1
 6 4 1 
 
2 2 −2

1 1
A: −2 B: 1 C: −1 D: E: −
2 2

35. Consider any 3 × 3 matrix A which is invertible. Find det det1 A (A Adj A) .
 
1
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A: 0 B: −1 C: 1 D: −3 E: 3
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PART B (15 marks)

SHOW YOUR WORK FOR ALL QUESTIONS IN PART B.
NOTE: NO MARKS WILL BE GIVEN if a particular method is specified in a question
or question part and you DO NOT use the specified method.

3 36. Find the point of intersection of the line (x, y, z) = (3, 3, 1) + t(2, 1, 1) with the plane
marks 2x + y + z = 7.

3 37. Find a standard form equation of the plane which passes through the point P (1, 0, 2) and
marks is parallel to both of the lines shown below:

(x, y, z) = (15, 7, 0) + s(2, 2, 1) and (x, y, z) = (4, 22, 3) + t(1, 3, 4)

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1 2 1 −1
2 38. If A = and B = , find AT − 2B.
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2 39. Find the determinant of the matrix A shown below by expanding along column 2.
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 
2 2 1
A= 1 0 2 
 
−2 1 3
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3 40. Use Cramer’s Rule to find the value of y in the unique solution to the system of linear
marks equations shown below.
x + 2y = 1
2x + 5y − z = −1
x − y + z = 0
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41. Let I be the 3 × 3 identity matrix. Find det 2I −1 − 5I T .

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