Midterm Exam

Linear Algebra for CS

Adamadze & Nadareishvili

Instructions: You have 20 minutes (including upload) to complete this part of the midterm.
15. Find two vectors v~1 , v~2 such that span(v~1 , v~2 ) = Im(A) for matrix (1 p)
 
2 0 2/3

A= 4 1 4/3
.

6 −3 2
Show your work.
16. Is (2 p)
  
 x1
 

W = x2 
 
∈ R3 : x31 + x2 + x3 = 0
 x
 

3

a subspace of R3 ? Explain your answer.

17. Find the kernel of the linear transformation T : R2 → R2 given by (2 p)
! ! !
x1 12 −1 x1
T = .
x2 3 0 x2
18. Show that vectors (2 p)
     
−1 0 3

 1,

 3,

 0
0 −1 −1
are linearly dependent.