HO CHI MINH CITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Academic year 2019-2020, Semester 1

Duration: 90 minutes
SUBJECT:
Applied Linear Algebra
Head of Department of Mathematics Lecturers:

Signature: Signature:

Prof. Pham Huu Anh Ngoc Pham Huu Anh Ngoc and Pham Thanh Duong

Instructions:
• Each student is allowed a scientific calculator and a maximum of two double-sided sheets of
reference material (size A4 or similar), stapled together and marked with their name and ID.
All other documents and electronic devices are forbidden.
Question 1. (15 marks) Let
−​4 ​−​3 −​6 7 C ​= 1 ​−​1 0
057 −​1 3 2 2 ​−​3 4
A=​ ​
1 ​−2 ​ ​
−​2 8 , B ​= 0 5 ​−2
​ −​5 and 0 2 ​−​1
Let ​A ​:= (i)
Find (​A ​+ Question 2. 1 2 7 ​−1 ​ 30 ​
​ Show that ​A .
B)​ ​CT​ − ​ ​B​.
2 −​2 4 3
(20 marks) ​ ​−2
1 1 1 ​−1 ​
is invertible.
​ 1
and ​B :​ =

(ii) Find the matrix ​X ​so that ​AX ​= ​B.

Question 3. (20 marks) Evaluate the following determinant:
​
1 ​ 4
​ 0 ​−1
0 ​−​1 2 3 3 ​−2​ 0 ​−1
​ ​−​2 1 3 ​−​4
Question 4. (25 marks)

A movie theater charges $7 for adults, $5 for children under age 17, and $4 for seniors over age
60. For one showing of Batman the theater sold 222 tickets and took in $1383​. ​If twice as many
adult tickets were sold as the total of children and senior tickets, how many tickets of each kind
were sold?
Question 5. (20 marks) Find the rank of the following matrix:
End.
11412
​
01211
00012
​ 00
1 ​−1
22160
1
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