Mathematics 31, Linear Algebra

Fall 2014

Midterm II Sample

3 5 1
1 2 2
1. Let A = 3 1 2 , B = 5 1 4 .
6 1 4
4 3 0
(a) Compute A 2B .
(b) Compute AB .
(c) Compute AT B .


3 5
2. Let A =
,
3 1
(a) Find the inverse A1 of the matrix A.
(b) Use the inverse of A in part (a) to nd the solution of the following

system
.
(

3x1 + 5x2 = 12
3x1 x2 = 12

3.
Use Cramer's rule to compute the solutions of the system.
(
3x1 + 5x2 = 12

3x1 x2 = 12

4. (a) Combine the methods of row reduction and cofactor expansion to

compute the determinant of A.

A=

(b) Compute det B

, where B

3
1
3
9
10

12
12
1
4
9

1
=1
1

2
2
0
1
5

0
0
0
2
3

0
0
0
3
4

0 0
2 5 .
1 2

1 2 2 3
3 9 0 9

5. Let A =
1 2 4 7
3 6 26 2

(a) Find an LU factorization of the matrix.

1
6
~

(b) Let ~b =
0 , solve the equation A~x = b by using the LU factoriztion
3

obtained in (a).

6. Given

3 7 2
1 ,
A = 3 5
6 4 0

(a) Use the algorithm introduced in lecture (perform elementary row operations on the augmented matrix [A I]) to nd the inverse of the matrix.
(b) Compute the adjugate of A, and then use it to nd the inverse of the
matrix A.