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Quiz III
Math 260, Fall 2018
10/4/18

Instructions: You have fifteen minutes to complete the quiz. You are not allowed the use of any
notes of any kind. Anyone with a cell-phone on their desk or person will receive an immediate
fail. Your answers must be complete and show all work to receive full credit. Answer in the space
provided. Good luck!

1. (10 pts) Suppose A is a 3 × 3 matrix with det(A) = 2. Answer the following:

a) (2 pts) |A3 | =

b) (2 pts) |A−4 | =

c) (2 pts) A · adj(A) =

d) (2 pts) |AT | =

e) (2 pts) Is A singular? Why or why not?

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2. (5 pts) A square matrix A satisfies AAT = I. Show that |A| = ±1.

3. (10 pts) Find the following determinants:

 
 5 0 0 0

−17 4 0 0
a) (3 pts) =

 16 2 3 0


 1 −2 −3 4

 
2 0 0 5

0 −3 0 4
b) (5 pts) =

1 0 1 2


3 3 0 5

c) (2 pts) |5I4 |=

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