Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad

Department of Mathematics Tutorial Questions

for
Mathematics- II (MA-12101)
Lecture 10: Subspaces, Linear dependence and independence

1) Show that the set V = {(x, y, z) | x, y, z  R and x + y = 11} is not a subspace of IR3.
2) Show that the set V = {(x, y, z) | x, y, z  R and x + 2y  z = 0} is a subspace of IR3.
3) Consider the polynomials p ( x)  1  3 x  2 x 2 , q ( x )  3  x  2 x 2 , r ( x )  2 x  x 2 in P2. Show

that the set p( x), q( x ), r ( x)is linearly dependent.

4) Let v1 (1, 1, 0), v2  (0, 1, 1) and v3  (0, 0, 1) be elements of IR 3 . Show that the set of vectors

v1 , v2 , v3 is linearly independent.

2  1  1  1 
5) Express the vector b  13 as a linear combination of the vectors v1  5 , v2  2 , v3   4.
     
       
6   1 1  3 
Ans: b  v1  2v2  3v3 .
6) Determine whether the following set of vectors is linearly independent or linearly dependent. If the set is
linearly dependent, express one vector in the set as a linear combination of the others
1  1   1    2 
        
 0   2    2    2  
 , , , .
   1 3  0   7  
0  4 1  11  

  2 1  1   1 
  2 0  2  2
Ans:       2    3 .
7   1 3  0 
       
11  0  4 1 

7) Determine conditions on the scalars a, b so that the set S=v1 , v2 , v3  of vectors is linearly
1  1  0 
dependent, where v1  3 , v2  a , v3  2.
   
     
1   4  b 

Ans: (a  3)b  6.