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Tutorial 4

Practice exercises
Do these practice exercises in SOWISO Tutorial 4 to get feedback:
     
1 −3 5
1. For which values of h the vectors 0,  9 , −7 are linearly dependent.
     
2 −6 h

2. Which of the below sets are bases for R3 ? Which are linearly independent, which span R3 ?
     
1 0 0
(a) {1 , 0 , 1}
     
0 0 1
     
1 3 −2
(b) {0 ,  1  , −1}
     
3 −4 1
   
1 3
(c) {−2 , 0}
   
4 1
       
1 0 2 0
(d) {−2 , 3 , −1 ,  0 }
       
3 1 5 −1

3. In each of the following items, given a basis B = {⃗b1 , . . . ,⃗bn } of Rn and a vector⃗x in Rn , find the coordinate
vector [x]B .
! ! !
⃗ 1 ⃗ 2 −1
(b) b1 = , b2 = , ⃗x = .
−4 −3 −6
       
1 2 1 0
(c) ⃗b1 = 1 , ⃗b2 = 0 , ⃗b3 = −1 , ⃗x =  0 .
       
3 8 3 −2

4. Find the parametric equation of the line through ⃗p = (3, −3) and ⃗q = (0, −3).

5. Plot on a graph the solution sets of A⃗x = ⃗0 and A⃗x = ⃗b, where
! !
3 3 ⃗b = −6
A= , .
−1 −1 2

 
2 2 4
⃗
6. Find the solution set of A⃗x = b in parametric form, for A = −4

−4 −8, ⃗b = (8, −16, 12).

0 −3 −3

Problems

1. Consider the vectors ⃗v1 ,⃗v2 ,⃗v3 in R2 shown in the figure. Does the equation x1⃗v1 + x2⃗v2 +
⃗
x3 v⃗3 = b have a solution? Is the solution unique? Use the figure to explain your answers.
v1

b v2

v3

2. Let " # " #


2 −6 ⃗bk = −k
A= , .
−1 3 k/2

Write the solution set of the system A⃗x = ⃗bk in parametric form for each of the following values of k :
−4, −2, 0, 2, 4. Draw on the same graph the solution sets of A⃗x = ⃗bk for all these values of k.

3. (Resit Exam 2019-2020) Let ⃗v1 = (1, −1, 1, 0),⃗v2 = (2, 1, 1, −1); these are linearly independent vectors in
R4 . Argue that B = {⃗v1 ,⃗v2 } cannot be a basis of R4 and find a basis of R4 that contains it.
       
1 2 3 0
 0   −1   −1   1 
4. (Midterm Exam 2019-2020) Let ⃗v1 =   ,⃗v2 =   ,⃗v3 =   ,⃗v4 =  .
       
 0   1   1   −2 
1 0 −1 0

(a) Show that B = {⃗v1 ,⃗v2 ,⃗v3 ,⃗v4 } is a basis for R4 .


 
−6
 9 
(b) Let ⃗u =  . Find its coordinates in the basis B.
 
 −16 
2
(c) Let S1 = Span{⃗v1 ,⃗v2 } and S2 = Span{⃗v3 ,⃗v4 }. Decide without calculations whether ⃗u is in S1 or S2 .

5* We saw that the intersection of two lines in R2 is either empty, or a point or a line. How can two planes in R3
intersect? Make rough drawings. What about three planes? [The equation of a plane in R3 is ax + by + cz =
d.]

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