SRI RAMAKRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

[Educational Service : SNR Sons Charitable Trust]

[Autonomous Institution, Reaccredited by NAAC with ‘A+’ Grade]
[Approved by AICTE and Permanently Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai]
[ISO 9001:2015 Certified and all eligible programmes Accredited by NBA]
VATTAMALAIPALAYAM, N.G.G.O. COLONY POST, COIMBATORE – 641 022.

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Degree/Branch I B.E CSE, I B. Tech IT & I M. Tech CSE

Course Code: 20MA203 Course Title: LINEAR ALGEBRA AND DIFFERENTIAL

CALCULUS

MODULE II : VECTOR SPACE

TUTORIAL – 4 - VECTOR SPACES AND SUB SPACES
PART A
1. The set of all integers does not form a vector space because it is not closed under
__________.
(a) scalar addition (b) scalar multiplication
(c) vector addition (d) vector multiplication
2. Let W be the set of all n x n real symmetric matrices, then W is a ________ of vector
space M n x n. [GATE, 2015]
(a) Linearly dependent (b) Linearly independent
(c) Basis (d) Subspace
3. Let A and B be two subspaces of vector spaces V. Then _________ [GATE, 2008]
(a) A + B is a subspace (b) A + B is a subset
(c) A + B is not a subspace (d) A + B is not a subset
4. Every vector space contains _______ zero vector
(a) Exactly one (b) more than one but finite (c) no (d) infinite
5. Let V be any vector space. Then V itself is a ______ space. [GATE, 2008]
PART B
6. Is the set W = {(x, y, z)  R3, x y z = 0} a subspace of V ? Justify your answer.
7. Let A be an m x n matrix. Then, show that the set W = {x ∈ Rn / Ax = 0} is a subspace.
PART C
8. Prove that the set of all ordered n-tuples of the elements of Rn is a vector space.
 SRI RAMAKRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
[Educational Service : SNR Sons Charitable Trust]
[Autonomous Institution, Reaccredited by NAAC with ‘A+’ Grade]
[Approved by AICTE and Permanently Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai]
[ISO 9001:2015 Certified and all eligible programmes Accredited by NBA]
VATTAMALAIPALAYAM, N.G.G.O. COLONY POST, COIMBATORE – 641 022.

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Degree/Branch I B.E CSE, I B. Tech IT & I M. Tech CSE

Course Code: 20MA203 Course Title: LINEAR ALGEBRA AND DIFFERENTIAL

CALCULUS

MODULE II : VECTOR SPACE

TUTORIAL – 4 - VECTOR SPACES AND SUB SPACES

1. Check whether the following sets are subspaces are not ? [NPTEL: Linear Algebra, Week 4,
2020]
a) A = {(x, y, z) / x ≥ 0 }
b) B = {(x, y, z) / x + y = z}
c) C = {(x, y, z) / x = y2 }
d) D = {(x, y, z) / x + y – z = 1}
 SRI RAMAKRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
[Educational Service : SNR Sons Charitable Trust]
[Autonomous Institution, Reaccredited by NAAC with ‘A+’ Grade]
[Approved by AICTE and Permanently Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai]
[ISO 9001:2015 Certified and all eligible programmes Accredited by NBA]
VATTAMALAIPALAYAM, N.G.G.O. COLONY POST, COIMBATORE – 641 022.
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Degree/Branch I B.E CSE, I B. Tech IT & I M. Tech CSE

Course Code: 20MA203 Course Title: LINEAR ALGEBRA AND DIFFERENTIAL

CALCULUS

MODULE II : VECTOR SPACE

TUTORIAL – 5 - BASES AND LINEAR COMBINATION
PART A
1. Is the set {(4,5,3), (1,0,2), (1,0,0)} is basis of R3 ? [GATE, 2015]
(a) Yes (b) cannot be determined (c) No (d) May be
2. Let V be the vector space. A basis for V is a set of linearly independent vectors that
__________ V.
(a) spans (b) does not span
(c) neither spans nor does not span (d) cannot be determined
3. The set {(1,-2,6),(5,-10,30)} is ___________ [GATE, 2008]
(a) Linearly dependent (b) Linearly independent
(c) Basis (d) finite
4. If the basis of a vector space V has n vectors, then V is of dimension ___
(a) 0 (b) n – 2 (c) n – 1 (d) n
5. If the vectors (2, 1) , (2, x) are linearly dependent, then the value of x is_____
PART B
11. Use MATLAB to determine if the vectors v1 = (2, −1, 2, 3), v2 = (1, 2, 5, −1), v3 = (7,
−1, 5, 8) are linearly independent vectors in R4.
12. Using MATLAB, check whether the vectors (1, 1, 0), (0, -1, 1) and (1, 0, 1) forms a
basis or not.
13. Find the values of x such that the vectors (1,2,1), (x, 3, 1) and (2, x, 0) are linearly
dependent.
PART C
14. Find whether the vector v = (3, 9, -4, -2) belongs to the space spanned by
u1 = (1, -2, 0, 3), u2 = (2, 3, 0, -1) and u3 = (2, -1, 2, 1).
15. Verify whether S is a basis of R3, where S = {(1, 1, 0), (1, 0, 1), (0, 1, 1)}.
 SRI RAMAKRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
[Educational Service : SNR Sons Charitable Trust]
[Autonomous Institution, Reaccredited by NAAC with ‘A+’ Grade]
[Approved by AICTE and Permanently Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai]
[ISO 9001:2015 Certified and all eligible programmes Accredited by NBA]
VATTAMALAIPALAYAM, N.G.G.O. COLONY POST, COIMBATORE – 641 022.

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Degree/Branch I B.E CSE, I B. Tech IT & I M. Tech CSE

Course Code: 20MA203 Course Title: LINEAR ALGEBRA AND DIFFERENTIAL

CALCULUS

MODULE II : VECTOR SPACE

TUTORIAL – 5 - BASES AND LINEAR COMBINATION
ADDITIONAAL QUESTIONS

1. Let u = (1, 1, - 2)T and v = (- 1, 2, 3)T. Find the condition on x, y and z such that the
system c u + d v = (x, y, z)T in the variables c and d is consistent ? [NPTEL : Linear
Algebra, Week 2, 2020]
2. Is (4, 5, 5) a linear combination of (1, 0, 0), (2, 1, 0), and (3, 3, 1)?
 SRI RAMAKRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
[Educational Service : SNR Sons Charitable Trust]
[Autonomous Institution, Reaccredited by NAAC with ‘A+’ Grade]
[Approved by AICTE and Permanently Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai]
[ISO 9001:2015 Certified and all eligible programmes Accredited by NBA]
VATTAMALAIPALAYAM, N.G.G.O. COLONY POST, COIMBATORE – 641 022.

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Degree/Branch I B.E CSE, I B. Tech IT & I M. Tech CSE

Course Code: 20MA203 Course Title: LINEAR ALGEBRA AND DIFFERENTIAL

CALCULUS

MODULE II : VECTOR SPACE

TUTORIAL – 6 - ROW AND COLUMN SPACES, RANK AND NULLITY
PART A
1. Number of dimensions in a symmetric matrix is given by ________.
(a) (n + 1) / 2 (b)(n2 - 1) / 2 (c) [n (n + 1)] / 2 (d)[n (n - 1)] / 2
2. If A is a 3 x 4 matrix and dim R(A) = 1,then nullity(A) is ____.
(a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
3. If A is 4 × 5 matrix and its rank is 2, then nullity of matrix A will be ________
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 1
4. If A is a 3 x 4 matrix and nullity of A is 2, then dim C(A) is _______
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
5. If V1 and V2 are 4-dimensional subspaces of a 6-dimensional vector space V, then the
smallest possible dimension of V1 ∩ V2 is __________. [GATE CSE 2014]

PART B
 1 2 0 2 1
 
A   1 2
11. Find the rank and nullity of the following matrix 1 1 0 .
 1 2 3 7 2
 
 1 2 2 4 3
PART C
12. Find bases for the row space, the column space, the null space of the matrix A , where

.
Also find the rank and nullity of the matrix.
 SRI RAMAKRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
[Educational Service : SNR Sons Charitable Trust]
[Autonomous Institution, Reaccredited by NAAC with ‘A+’ Grade]
[Approved by AICTE and Permanently Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai]
[ISO 9001:2015 Certified and all eligible programmes Accredited by NBA]
VATTAMALAIPALAYAM, N.G.G.O. COLONY POST, COIMBATORE – 641 022.

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Degree/Branch I B.E CSE, I B. Tech IT & I M. Tech CSE

Course Code: 20MA203 Course Title: LINEAR ALGEBRA AND DIFFERENTIAL

CALCULUS

MODULE II : VECTOR SPACE

TUTORIAL – 6 - ROW AND COLUMN SPACES, RANK AND NULLITY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS

1. Find bases for the row space, the column space, the null space of the matrix A , where

 1 2 0 0 3
 
2 5 3 2 6
A
 0 5 15 10 0
 
 2 6 18 8 6

Also find the rank and nullity of the matrix.