Linear Algebra

(Linear Independence and Dependence)

1. . Among the following, the pair of vectors orthogonal to each other is

(A) [3,4,7], [3,4,7] (B) [1,0,0], [1,1,0]
(C) [1,0,2], [0,5,0] (D) [1,1,1], [−1, −1, −1]

2. Statement for Linked Answer Questions 2 and 3: EE -2006

𝑃 = [−10 −1 3]𝑇 , 𝑄 = [−2 −5 9]𝑇 , 𝑅 = [2 −7 12]𝑇 are three vectors
2. An orthogonal set of vectors having a span that contains P, Q, R is
(A) [−6 −3 6]𝑇 , [4 −2 3]𝑇
(B) [−4 2 4]𝑇 , [5 7 −11]𝑇 , [8 2 −3]𝑇
(C)[6 7 −1]𝑇 , [−3 12 −2]𝑇 , [3 9 −4]𝑇
(D) [4 3 11]𝑇 , [1 31 3]𝑇 , [5 3 4]𝑇

3. 3. The following vector is linearly dependent upon the solution to the previous
problem
(A) [8 9 3]𝑇 (B) [4 4 5]𝑇
𝑇
(C) [−2 −17 30] (D) [13 2 −3]𝑇

4. 𝑞1 , 𝑞2 , 𝑞3 , . . . . . . . . 𝑞𝑚 are n-dimensional vectors with m<n. This set of vectors is

linearly dependent. Q is a matrix with 𝑞1 , 𝑞2 , 𝑞3 , . . . . . . . . 𝑞𝑚 as the columns. The rank
of Q is (EE -07)
(A) less than m (B) m (C) between m and n (D) n

5. let x and y be two vectors in a 3 dimensional space and< 𝑥, 𝑦 >denote their dot
< 𝑥, 𝑥 > < 𝑥, 𝑦 >
product. Then the determinant[< 𝑥, 𝑦 > < 𝑦, 𝑦 >] = ( EE - 2007)

(A) is zero when x and y are linearly independent

(B) is positive when x and y are linearly independent
(C) is non zero for all non –zero x and y
(D) is zero only when either x or y is zero
6. Choose the CORRECT set of functions, which are linearly dependent. (PI, ME-2013)
(A) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 , 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥 , 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥 (B) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 , 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 , 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥
(C) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥, 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥 , 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥 (D) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥, , 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 , 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥

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