Math 415 D3/D4 Exam # 1 - June 24, 2011 - R.

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Instructions: a) You have 50 minutes to complete the exam. b) Include all calculations and justications of your work. Final answers are generally worth only a small fraction of the total mark. Remember that your goal is to demonstrate an understanding of the concepts and skills in the course. c) Calculators are not permitted. d) Good luck!

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1. If

2 1 1 A = 8 1 3 10 4 3

(a) Find an upper triangular matrix U and a lower triangular matrix L such that LU = A.

(b) Compute det(A).

2. Given that a 4 4 matrix B 1 0 0 7 1 0 I= 0 0 1 0 0 0

satises the 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

equation 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

1 0 0 0

0 1 0 0

0 0 4 0

0 0 B 0 1

(a) If possible, write B explicitly as a product of elementary matrices.

(b) Compute det(B).

3. The columns of a 4 6 matrix A satisfy a1 + a2 = a3 a4 . (a) What does this tell you, if anything, about solutions of Ax = 0?

(b) Is A invertible? Justify your answer.

4. Consider the system 1 3 0 x1 2 2 1 4 x2 = 3 1 7 6 x3 a Using Cramers rule, nd a value of a for which x2 = 0. You may assume that the determinant of the coecient matrix is non-zero.

5. Compute the following determinants: 1 3 0 2 1 4 1 7 6

(a)

(b)

0 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 1 2 0 2 0 10 11 9 2 1 1 3 0 3 0

(c) det

2 6 1 2

7 2 1 2

5 1 1 4

6 2 2 1

6. Find the inverse of the matrix 1 14 2 A = 5 71 10 0 7 1 and then solve 1 Ax = 1 1

7. Place the following matrix A in row echelon Ax = 0: 0 1 3 0 0 0 A= 2 6 10

form and then nd all solutions of 4 7 4 16 4 0