Đào Quang Khải

Assignment 3
Mathematics for Engineering

Question 1. Let P(1, 2, 1), Q(1, 0, −1), R(2, 2, 0) be the vertices of a parallelogram with
adjacent sides QP and QR. Find the other vertex S.
Question 2. Find an equation of the line passing through P(0, 1, 1) and perpendicular to
the two lines
(d1) [ x, y, z] = [1, 1, 1] + t[0, −1, 2]
(d2) [ x, y, z] = [1, 0, −1] + t[2, 1, 1]
Question 3. Find the area of the triangle with vertices A(1, 2, 1); B(3; 2, 1), C (0, 5, 2).
Question 4. Let T be projection on the line y = 2x followed by rotation through π2 . Find
T[x y].
Question 5. Let T : R2 → R2 be projection on the line y = 2x followed by reflection in
the x − axis and let the vector v = [1 1]⊤ . Find T (v).
Question 6. Let u = (3, 3, 6), v = (4, 4, 3), w = (−6, 3, 3) and x = (41, 5, 12). We can write
x = au + bv + cw
where a, b, c are numbers. Find b.
Question 7. Find all values of a so that the vector [5, 3, a] is in span{[3, 2, 0], [1, 0, 3]}
Question 8. Find the dimension of the subspace
H = {[ a + 2b + 2d, c + d, −3a − 6b + 4c − 2d, −c − d] | a, b, c, d in R}
Question 9. For what values of a is the set {[1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 2], [1, a, 1]} linearly dependent?
Question 10. Find a basis of null A for
 
1 −1 2 4 6
A =  0 1 2 1 −1 
0 0 0 1 0