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MATH1057 Assignment S03

This document is an assignment for a Linear Algebra course, detailing various exercises related to matrix operations, including sums, products, and properties of matrices. It includes specific matrices to work with, instructions for computations, and theoretical questions about matrix behavior. The assignment is due on February 26 at 10:00 am and submissions are to be made in PDF format on Moodle.

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MATH1057 Assignment S03

This document is an assignment for a Linear Algebra course, detailing various exercises related to matrix operations, including sums, products, and properties of matrices. It includes specific matrices to work with, instructions for computations, and theoretical questions about matrix behavior. The assignment is due on February 26 at 10:00 am and submissions are to be made in PDF format on Moodle.

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Linear Algebra

Assignment-S03
Submission Deadline: February 26, 10:00 am
Submit a pdf version of your answers on Moodle

Exercises
Compute each matrix sum or product if it is defined. If an expression is unde-
fined, explain why. Let
   
2 0 1 7 5 1
A= , B= ,
4 3 2 1 4 3
   
1 2 3 5  
C= , D= , E= 5 3 .
2 1 1 4

1. Compute:

(a) 2A
(b) B − 2A
(c) AC
(d) CD
(e) A + 2B
(f) 3C − E
(g) CB
(h) EB
 
4 1
2. Let A = . Compute 3I2 − A and (3I2 )A.
5 2

3. Compute A − 5I3 and (5I3 )A when


 
9 1 3
A = 8 7 3 .
4 1 8

1
In Exercises 4 and 5, compute the product AB in two ways: (a) by the
definition, where Ab1 and Ab2 are computed separately, and (b) by the
row–column rule for computing AB.
4. Given  
1 2  
3 4
A= 5
 4 , B= ,
2 1
2 3
compute AB.
5. Given  
4 2  
1 3
A = 3 0 , B= ,
4 1
3 5
compute AB.
6. If a matrix A is 5 × 3 and the product AB is 5 × 7, what is the size of B?

7. How many rows does B have if BC is a 3 × 4 matrix?


8. Let    
3 4 5 6
A= , B= .
2 1 3 k
What value(s) of k, if any, will make AB = BA?
9. Let      
3 6 8 6 6 2
A= , B= , C= .
4 8 5 7 4 3
Verify that AB = AC and yet B ̸= C.
10. Let    
1 1 1 2 0 0
A = 1 2 3 , D = 0 3 0 .
1 4 5 0 0 5
Compute AD and DA. Explain how the columns or rows of A change
when A is multiplied by D on the right or on the left. Find a 3 × 3 matrix
B, not the identity matrix or the zero matrix, such that AB = BA.
 
2 8
11. Let A = . Construct a 2 × 2 matrix B such that AB is the zero
1 4
matrix. Use two different nonzero columns for B.
12. Consider arbitrary matrices A, B, C for which the indicated sums and
products are defined. Mark each statement as True or False (T/F) and
justify your answer.

(a) (T/F) If A and B are 2×2 with columns a1 , a2 and b1 , b2 , respectively,


then AB = [a1 b1 a2 b2 ].

2
(b) (T/F) If A and B are 3 × 3 and B = [b1 b2 b3 ], then AB =
[Ab1 + Ab2 + Ab3 ].
(c) (T/F) Each column of AB is a linear combination of the columns of
B using weights from the corresponding column of A.
(d) (T/F) The second row of AB is the second row of A multiplied on
the right by B.
(e) (T/F) AB + AC = A(B + C).
(f) (T/F) AT + B T = (A + B)T .
(g) (T/F) (AB)C = (AC)B.
(h) (T/F) (AB)T = AT B T .
(i) (T/F) The transpose of a product of matrices equals the product of
their transposes in the same order.
(j) (T/F) The transpose of a sum of matrices equals the sum of their
transposes.
   
1 3 1 3 2
13. If A = , and AB = , determine the first and second
3 8 1 7 3
columns of B.
14. Answer the following matrix-related questions:

(a) Suppose the first two columns, b1 and b2 , of B are equal. What can
you say about the columns of AB (if AB is defined)? Why?
(b) Suppose the third column of B is the sum of the first two columns.
What can you say about the third column of AB? Why?
(c) Suppose the second column of B is all zeros. What can you say about
the second column of AB?
(d) Suppose the last column of AB is all zeros, but B itself has no column
of zeros. What can you say about the columns of A?
(e) Show that if the columns of B are linearly dependent, then so are
the columns of AB.

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