MATH 223

HOMEWORK 3
Fall 2021
Due November 30, 2021, Tuesday, before 23:30 in the evening
Note: Each solution should start at the top of a page (you can use both
sides of the paper) and each sheet should have your name on it. When you
finish you will need to scan the pages and upload to the Moodle. You will be
allowed to upload only pdf files and only a single file. Please make sure you
scan your homework as a single pdf file and the document is easy to read.

1. Let   

1 −1 2 2
A =  2 −3 1  and b =  −1 
−1 1 0 2
a) Find the inverse of the matrix A using adjoint matrix formula
1
A−1 = Adj(A).
det(A)
b) Find the solution of the system Ax = b by using the observation

x = A−1 b.

c) Solve the system Ax = b using the Cramer’s rule.

2. Determine which of the following sets are vector spaces under the given
operations. For those that are not, list some of the axioms that fail to
hold.
a) The set of all triples of real numbers (x, y, z) with the operations

(x, y, z) + (x0 , y 0 , z 0 ) = (x + x0 , y + y 0 , z + z 0 ) and λ(x, y, z) = (x, y, λz)

b) The set of all pairs of real numbers of the form (x, 2) with the
operations

(x, 2) + (x0 , 2) = (x + x0 , 2) and λ(x, 2) = (λx, 2)

3. Let M22 denote the vector space of all 2 × 2 matrices with real number
entries. Determine which of the following are subspaces of M22 .
 a) All 2 × 2 matrices with integer entries.
b) All 2 × 2 matrices  
a b
c d
where ab = d.
c) All 2 × 2 matrices A such that tr(A) = 0.

4. a) Let
    
  
−2 3 −1 2
 2   −1
 , v3 =  0  , and v =  3 
   
v1 = 
 −3  , v2 =  5
  .
  2   −7 
2 2 1 3

Decide whether or not v is in the span of {v1 , v2 , v3 }.

b) Let R3 denote the vector space of 1×3 row matrices. Decide whether
or not the set of vectors

{[3 1 1], [2 − 1 5], [4 0 − 3]}

in R3 is linearly independent?