Operations Research I

Homework 1
Due Sunday, February 27, 2022, 11:59 PM

1. (5%) Given and , find .

2. (10%) Given and , Find and .

3. (10%) Use Gauss-Jordan method to find the inverse of the matrix

4. (10%) Find the determinant of the matrix .

5. (10%) Determine the rank of the matrix .

6. (15%) Let

(1) (5%) Show that is linearly dependent.

(2) (5%) Show that there is a linearly independent subset S of V of size three.
(3) (5%) Show that the only vector in V \ S can be expressed as a linear
combination of the vectors in S.

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7. (10%) Find the values of .

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8. (20%) Use Gauss-Jordan method to determine whether the following linear
systems has no solution, a unique solution, or an infinite number of solutions.

(1) (10%)

(2) (10%)

9. (10%) Find the general form of the line segment joining and . Is
on this line segment? Give the reason.

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