MATH 2107

Tutorial 1

Jan 21 2016

Please work in teams of 4. At the end of the tutorial every team hands in one set of
solutions with everybodys name and student number PRINTED.
Your TA is here to help you- dont be shy to ask questions!
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Name ___________________
Student #__________________
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Student #__________________
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Student #__________________
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Student #__________________

Q1. Is the following set of vectors a vector space with the

indicated vector addition and scalar multiplication? Explain.
a) The set 2 with usual additions and scalar multiplications
x cx
defined as c

y cy

b) The set of all polynomials of degree 3 together with zero

polynomial and usual operations of .

a b

d
;
a
,
b
,
c
,
d

Q2. Is the given set U

, a

c
d

subspace of M 22 ? Explain.
Q3. Express the following vector as a linear combination of
{x 1, x 2 x, x 2 2}

a) 2 x 2 3x 1
b) x
Q4. Does v lie in span (u, w) ?
a) v x; u x 2 1, w x 2
1 4
1 1
2 1
b) v
;
u

,
w

2 1
1 0
5 3

1 0 1

Q5. Show that 3 spanned by 0, 1, 1 .

1 1 0