AMS 210 Practice Midterm #1 (60 points)

Thursday, November 15th, 2012 8:30am-9:50am

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: 1. (20 points) Decide whether each statement is true or false. If true, justify your answer. If false, provide a counter example. (a) (4 points) The family of solutions to a nonhomogeneous system of linear equations is a vector space. (b) (4 points) A system of equations with n equations and n unknowns always has a unique solution. (c) (4 points) Given a set of vectors, S , in Rn then its spanning set, span(S ), is a subspace of Rn . (d) (4 points) Two matrices related by elementary row operations have the same row space. (e) (4 points) Gaussian elimination preserves column rank.
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Solve the following system of equations using Gaussian Elmination. When you come across a zero entry on the main diagonal, interchange equations as appropriate.
(20 points)

x1 x2 + x3 + x4 = 6 2x1 x3 x4 = 5 2x1 2x2 + x4 = 4 x2 + x3 x4 = 3

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(20 points)

Consider the system of equations:

x1 + 2 x2 + x3 = 2 2x1 + 3x2 + 2x3 = 5 x2 = k

where k is a scalar constant. (a) (5 points) What is the rank of the corresponding coecient matrix? (b) (5 points) What value of k allows for the linear system to be solved? (c) (10 points) Describe the family of solutions which solve the system of equations, using your value of k from part (b).