Usman Institute of Technology

Mid-Term Examination Fall 2020 Semester

Course Code:MS211 Course Title: Linear Algebra Date: 31-12-2020

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Q1. The accompanying figure shows a network of one-way streets with traffic flowing in the direction
indicated. The flow rates along the streets are measured as the average number of vehicles per hour.
a. Setup a linear system whose solution provides the unknown flow rates.
b. Solve the system whose solution provide the unknown flow rates.
c. If the flow along the road A to B must be reduced for construction, what is the minimum flow that
is required to keep traffic flowing on all roads?

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Q2. Show that the set { } is a basis for , then express as a linear combination of the
vectors in S, and then find the coordinate vector of relative to .

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Q3. Determine It’s a vector space or not. If not identify the vector space axioms that fails

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The set of all pairs of real numbers of the form with the operations

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Q4. How should the coefficients a, b and c be chosen so that the system

has the solution

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