Republic of the Philippines

Pangasinan State University

School of Advanced Studies
Urdaneta City, Pangasinan

FINAL EXAM IN Linear Algebra

Direction: Solve the following. Show all your solutions.

1 0 2 −11 2 2
1. Show that 𝐴 = [2 −1 3] and 𝐵 = [ −4 0 1 ] are inverses.
4 1 8 6 −1 −1

2. Find the inverse, if possible of each matrix.

5 3 2 −3 −2 6
a. 𝐴 = [ ] , 𝑏) 𝐵 = [ ], 𝑐) 𝐶 = [ ]
4 2 1 3 3 −9

1 1 1 𝑥1 𝑥2 𝑥3
−1
3. Let 𝐴 = [0 1 2]. Find 𝐴 = [𝑦1 𝑦2 𝑦3 ]
1 2 4 𝑧1 𝑧2 𝑧3
4. Compute the determinant of each of the following matrices:
4 −6 8 9 1⁄ −1 − 1⁄3 2 5 −3 −2
2 3 4 2
a. [5 6 7], b. [ 0 −2 7 −3 ], c. [3⁄ −2 −3 2 −5
0 0 5 6 4
1⁄
2 −1 ] , d. [ 1 3 −2 2 ]
8 9 1
0 0 0 3 1 −4 1 −1 −6 4 3

5. Let A and B be invertible matrices with the same size. Show that AB is also invertible and
(𝐴𝐵)−1 = 𝐵−1 𝐴−1 .

6. Determine whether or not each of the following matrices is symmetric, that is 𝐴𝑇 = 𝐴, or skew-
symmetric that is, 𝐴𝑇 = −𝐴.
5 −7 1 0 4 −3
0 0 0
a. 𝐴 = [−7 8 2] b. 𝐵 = [−4 0 5 ] c. 𝐶 = [ ]
0 0 0
1 2 −4 3 −5 0
7. Reduce each matrices into row echelon form
1 2 −3 0 −4 1 −6
a. [2 4 −2 2] b. [ 1 2 −5]
3 6 −4 3 6 3 −4

8. Solve the following systems using the augmented matrix M:

a. 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 𝑧 = 3 b. 𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 4𝑧 = 2
𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 𝑧 = 5 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 5𝑧 = 3
3𝑥 + 8𝑦 + 4𝑧 = 17 3𝑥 − 4𝑦 + 6𝑧 = 7
9. Determine whether or not 𝑢 and 𝑣 are linearly dependent where:
a. 𝑢 = 2𝑡 2 + 4𝑡 − 3, 𝑣 = 4𝑡 2 + 8𝑡 − 6
b. 𝑢 = 2𝑡 2 − 3𝑡 + 4 , 𝑣 = 4𝑡 2 − 3𝑡 + 2
1 3 −4 −4 −12 16
c. 𝑢 = [ ], 𝑣 = [ ]
5 0 −1 −20 0 4
1 1 1 2 2 2
d. 𝑢 = [ ],𝑣 = [ ]
2 2 2 3 3 3
Two vectors 𝑢 and 𝑣 are linearly dependent if and only if one is a multiple of the other.

10. Show that the functions 𝑓(𝑡) = sin 𝑡, 𝑔(𝑡) = cos 𝑡 , ℎ(𝑡) = 𝑡 from R to R are linearly
independent.

11. Express 𝑣 = (1, −2, 5) in 𝑅 3 as a linear combination of the vectors 𝑢1 = (1,1,1),

𝑢2 = (1,2,3), 𝑢3 = (2, −1, 1).

12. Show that the vectors 𝑢1 = (1,1,1), 𝑢2 = (1,2,3), 𝑢3 = (1,5,8) span 𝑅 3 .

4 1 −1
13. Let 𝐴 = [2 5 −2]. (a) Find all eigenvalues of 𝐴 ; (b) Find a maximum set 𝑆 of linearly
1 1 2
independent eigenvectors of 𝐴 ; (c) Is 𝐴 diagonalize? If yes, find 𝑃 such that 𝐷 = 𝑃−1 𝐴𝑃 is
diagonal.

14. Find the rank and basis of the row space of each of the following matrices:
1 2 0 1 1 3 1 −2 −3
(a) 𝐴 = [2 6 −3 −3], (b) 𝐵 = [1 4 3 −1 −4]
2 3 −4 −7 −3
3 10 −6 −5 3 8 1 −7 −8

15. Find a unit vector 𝑢 orthogonal to 𝑣 = (1,3,4) and 𝑤 = (2, −6, −5).

Good Luck! Happy Vacation 

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