Practice Midterm of Math 20F, Summer 2013

Note: You may use a calculator during the exam, but you must show all the computational steps of how you get the answers. No credit will be given for unsupported
answers gotten directly from a calculator.
1. Reduce the following matrix to reduced row echelon form:

1 3 5 7
3 5 7 9 .
5 7 9 1
2. Describe the solution set of the following linear system in parametric vector form
x1 + 3x2 5x3 = 4
x1 + 4x2 8x3 = 7
3x1 7x2 + 9x3 = 6
3. Determine whether the columns of the following matrix

1
0 3
4 3 0

0 1 4
5
4 6
is linearly independent or not. Give reasons to justify your answer.
4. Let T : R3 R2 be a linear transformation such that



1
4
5
T (e1 ) =
, T (e2 ) =
, T (e3 ) =
3
7
4
where e1 , e2 , e3 are the columns of the 3 3 identity matrix. Is T one-to-one? Is T onto?
Give reasons to justify your answer.
5. Determine whether the following matrix

1 2 1
4 7 3 .
2 6 4

is invertible or not. If so, find the inverse; if no, give reasons.

6. Let T : R2 R2 be a linear transformation that reflects points through the horizontal x1 -axis
and then rotates points in an angle of 90 clockwise. Find the standard matrix A of T such
that T (x) = Ax for all x.
7. Suppose A Rnn satisfies A2 = In . Show that A is invertible.
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