MATH 2331

Chapter 3 Answers to even-numbered homework problems

Section 3-1:
1 
  2
#12. Ker(A) = span   .
1 
 
0 

 1 1  
   
 1 2 
#16. im(A) = span    ,   
1 3
   
 1 4 
   

Section 3-2:

6 6 1 3  1 3 6  0

#26. 5  is redundant , because 5   31  12 . Thus, 31  12  5   0 ,
             
4  4 1 1  1 1  4 0

3
and  1  is in ker (A).
 
  1

  2   3   5
1   0   0 
     
#46.  0  ,   4 ,   6 form a basis of the kernel.
     
0  1   0 
 0   0   1 

 a b d  1 0 0
 0 c e   0 1 0
#52. If a, c and f are nonzero, rref   =  , and the three vectors
 0 0 f   0 0 1
   
 0 0 0   0 0 0
are linearly independent. If at least one of the constants a, c or f is zero, then at
least one column of rref will not contain a leading one, so that the three vectors
are linearly dependent.