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This document is a sample midterm exam for Math 201 at Sabancı University, consisting of 6 problems worth a total of 50 points. The problems cover topics such as linear combinations, solving systems of linear equations, matrix operations, and properties of vector spaces. Each problem includes specific tasks such as determining subspaces, finding solutions, and justifying statements related to linear algebra concepts.

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This document is a sample midterm exam for Math 201 at Sabancı University, consisting of 6 problems worth a total of 50 points. The problems cover topics such as linear combinations, solving systems of linear equations, matrix operations, and properties of vector spaces. Each problem includes specific tasks such as determining subspaces, finding solutions, and justifying statements related to linear algebra concepts.

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Name, Last Name:


Student Number: Section or Assistant:

Math 201 – Midterm 1 (SAMPLE 2)


(Sabancı University - Fall 2021-2022)

Time allowed is 90 minutes. There are 6 problems worth a total of 50 points.


Problem 1: (7 points)
Given the vectors u = (1, 2, 0), v = (−2, 1, 5), and w = (1, 1, −1):

a. decide whether b = (2, 5, 1) ∈ S(u, v, w);

b. determine the set S(u, v, w) of vectors in R3 which can be written as a linear combination of u, v, w;

c. Describe S(u, v, w) geometrically. Give a concrete description.

Problem 2: (7 points)
Consider the following system of linear equations,


 x3 + 2x4 =1
x1 − x2 + x3 + 3x4 =2

x − x2 + x3 + 3x4 + x5 =3
 1


x1 − x2 + x4 =1

a. Write down the augmented matrix C for this linear system.

b. Use elementary row operations to C to obtain a matrix in reduced row echelon form.

c. Solve the linear system.

Problem 3: (7 points)  
1 0 1 2
 0 2 0 −4 
Consider the matrix A =  .
 1 1 0 −1 
0 0 1 1
a. Find the solutions of the homogeneous system Ax = 0.

b. Show that the vectors v1 = (1, 0, 1, 0), v2 = (0, 2, 1, 0), v3 = (1, 0, 0, 1), and v4 = (2, −4, −1, 1) are
linearly dependent and express one of these vectors as a linear combination of the others.

Problem 4: (10 points)  


 1 0 −1
1 0 1 0  2 1 0 
Consider the matrices A =  2 1 0 −1  and B = 
 0
.
1 0 
0 −1 2 −1
−1 1 2
a. Compute AB and BA.

b. Find (AB)−1 using Gauss Jordan elimination.

c. Without using elimination explain why (BA) is not invertible.


 
−2
d. Solve the linear system (AB)x =  3 .
1

1
Problem 5: (8 points)
Decide whether the following sets are subspaces of the corresponding vector spaces. (related to this week’s
lecture)

a) W = {x ∈ Rn : Ax = 0, A ∈ Mm×n (R)}. (subset Rn ).

b) W = {x ∈ Rn : Ax = b, b 6= 0 , A ∈ Mm×n (R)}. (subset Rn ).

c) W = A ∈ Mn×n (R) : A = −At . (subset of Mn×n (R)).




Problem 6: (11 points)


Decide if the statements below are true or false. Justify your answers.

a) Let A be an n × n matrix. If an entry ckk in the main diagonal of AAt = (cij ) is equal to 0, then A is
singular.

b) If columns 1 and 3 of B are the same, so are the columns 1 and 3 of AB.

c) Subsets of linearly dependent sets are linearly dependent.

d) If u, v, w are linearly independent vectors in Rn , then u+v +w, v, 3u+2v are also linearly independent.

e) If W1 and W2 are subspaces of R3 , then W1 ∪ W2 is also a subspace of R3 . (related to this week’s


lecture)

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