Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Mathematics 1229A

CODE 111
Page 1 Final Examination

PART A (35 marks)

NOTE: YOUR ANSWERS TO THE PROBLEMS IN PART A MUST BE
INDICATED ON THE SCANTRON SHEET. YOU SHOULD ALSO CIRCLE
YOUR ANSWERS IN THIS BOOKLET.

1 1. Find the unit vector that has the opposite direction to u = (−1, −2, 2).
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1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2
A: , 1, −1 B: − , −1, 1 C: , ,− D: − , − , E: , ,−
2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

1 2. Let θ be the angle between u = (1, 2) and v = (k, 2). If cos θ = 0, what is k?
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√
A: −4 B: 5 C: −1 D: 2 E: 5

1 3. Consider the vectors u = (1, 0, −3) and v = (2, 1, k). For what value of k are u and v
mark orthogonal?
2 2 3 3
A: k = − B: k = C: k = − D: k = E: no value of k
3 3 2 2

1 4. Find the area of the triangle determined by the vectors u = (−1, 2, 3) and v = (1, 1, 2).
mark
√ √
√ √ 15 √ 35
A: 2 15 B: 15 C: D: 35 E:
2 2

1 5. Which one of the following vectors is perpendicular to both x(r) = (1, 0, 1) + r(1, 1, 1) and
mark x(t) = (1, 2, 3) + t(1, −3, 1)?

A: (−4, 2, 4) B: (−2, 2, −2) C: (1, 0, −1) D: (1, 2, 1) E: (−1, 0, −1)

1 6. Find an equation of the plane through point P (1, 0, 1) which is perpendicular to the line
mark x(t) = (1, 0, 2) + t(0, 1, 2).

A: x + 2z = 1 B: x + 2z = 2 C: y + 2z = 1 D: y + 2z = 2 E: x + z = 1

1 7. Find the point of intersection, if there is one, of the lines ℓ1 and ℓ2 shown here:
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ℓ1 : x(r) = (1, −1, 2) + r(2, −1, 3) and ℓ2 : x(t) = (5, 0, −1) + t(1, 1, 3)

A: They do not intersect. B: (3, −2, 5) C: (−1, 0, −1) D: (−2, −2, −6) E: (5, 0, −1)

1 8. Find the distance from the point P (2, −1) to the line 4x + 3y = 1.
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4 4 1 1
A: B: − C: D: − E: 1
5 5 5 5
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1 9. Which one of the following matrices is in row-reduced echelon form?

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" # " # " # " # " #
0 1 0 −1 2 0 0 0 1 2
A: B: C: D: E:
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

1 10. Consider the system of linear equations corresponding to the augmented matrix
mark
 
1 2 0 3 1
 0 0 1 2 0 
 
0 0 0 k2 − 4 k − 2

For which value(s) of k does the system have no solution?

A: k = 0 only B: k = 4 only C: k = −2 only D: k = ±2 E: k = ±4

1 11. 
Find the solution
 to the system of linear equations corresponding to the augmented matrix
mark 0 0 1 1
 0 1 0 4 .
 
1 0 1 3

A: (3, 4, 1) B: (1, 4, 3) C: (1, 4, 2) D: (2, 4, 1) E: (3, 4, 0)

 
0 2 2 6
1 12. Find the second row of the row-reduced echelon form of the matrix  1 0 1 4 .
 
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0 0 1 2
A: [ 1 0 0 2 ] B: [ 0 1 0 1 ] C: [ 0 1 0 0 ]
D: [ 0 2 2 6 ] E: [ 0 1 1 3 ]

1 13. Consider the system of linear equations corresponding to the row-reduced echelon form
mark matrix shown here:  
1 1 0 −1 0 2
 0 0 1 0 1 0 
 
0 0 0 0 0 0

How many parameters are needed to express all solutions to this system?
A: 1 B: 2 C: 3 D: 4 E: 5

1 14. Consider the matrices shown here:

mark
 
" # 2 −1 " #
0 −2 3 2
A= B= 0 1  C=
 
1 2 0 3
−2 1

Which one of the following matrix products is not defined?

A: AB B: BA C: BC D: ABC E: BAC
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" # " #
1 2 2 0
1 15. If A = and B = , what is B T A?
mark 0 −1 −1 1
" # " # " # " # " #
2 5 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 1
A: B: C: D: E:
0 −1 −1 −3 5 −1 1 −1 2 −1

" #
1 1
1 16. Find A5 where A = .
mark −2 −1
" # " # " # " # " #
−1 −1 1 1 1 0 −1 0 2 1
A: B: C: D: E:
2 1 −2 −1 0 1 0 −1 1 1

" #
−2 1
1 17. Find the second column of A−1 where A = .
mark −3 3

1 1
   
 −3 
" # " # " #
−1  3  1 1
A: B:  C:  D: E:
   
−2 2 3
 
 2   2 
−
3 3

 
1 2 3
1 18. Find the (1, 3)-entry of A−1 , where A =  0 1 1 .
 
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0 0 1

A: 3 B: 1 C: 0 D: −1 E: None of A, B, C or D.

"
# " # " #
a b 2 4 2 0
1 19. Let A = and B = . If it is known that AB = , what is the
mark c d 2 6 0 2
unique solution to the system ax + by = 10 and cx + dy = −2?

A: (17, −6) B: (34, −12) C: (12, 8) D: (24, 16) E: (6, 4)

 
1 2 −3
 0 1 0 
1 20. Find the rank of the matrix  .
 
mark  3 7 −9 
−1 −4 3

A: 0 B: 1 C: 2 D: 3 E: 4

1 21. Consider a system of m linear equations in n unknowns, Ax = b. Which one of the

mark following statements is true?
A: If m = n, the system must have infinitely many solutions.
B: If n = m − 1, the system must have infinitely many solutions.
C: If n = m + 1, the system must have infinitely many solutions.
D: If n = m − 1 and b = 0, the system must have infinitely many solutions.
E: If n = m + 1 and b = 0, the system must have infinitely many solutions.
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1 22. Let Ax = b be a system of 5 linear equations in 5 unknowns. Suppose that the rank of
mark A is 3 and the rank of the augmented matrix [A | b] is also 3. Which one of the following
describes the solution(s) to this system?
A: no solution B: a unique solution
C: a one-parameter family of solutions D: a two-parameter family of solutions
E: a three-parameter family of solutions

1 23. Let A be an n×n matrix and consider the homogeneous system of linear equations Ax = 0.
mark Which one of the following statements is false?
A: If the system has 2 different solutions, it must have infinitely many solutions.
B: If det A 6= 0 then the system must have infinitely many solutions.
C: If the rank of A is n − 1 then the system must have infinitely many solutions.
D: If A is invertible then the system has only the trivial solution.

 
3 −5 2 3
 −2 0 1 4 
1 24. Find the 4,1-cofactor of the matrix  .
 
mark  4 0 0 2 
−3 2 −4 −3

A: −10 B: 8 C: 0 D: 10 E: −8

" #
2 4
1 25. Find det .
mark 3 −5

A: 12 B: −22 C: 2 D: −10 E: −2

 
1 4 −3 7
 −2 6 6 −1 
1 26. Find det  .
 
mark  3 8 −9 5 
5 −7 −15 1

A: −54 B: −1 C: 0 D: 1 E: 54

 
0 −1 6 −5
 5 0 −2 7 
1 27. Find det  .
 
mark  0 0 0 1 
0 0 7 3

A: −35 B: 70 C: 35 D: −70 E: 0

 
17 18 19
1 28. Find det  34 35 36 .
 
mark
34 36 39

A: 17 B: 34 C: 0 D: −34 E: −17
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1 29. If A is a 3 × 3 matrix with det 2A−1 = 5, find det A.
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8 5 5 2 5
A: B: C: D: E: −
5 2 8 5 2

Use the following information for questions 30, 31 and 32.

 
a b c
It is known that det  d e f  = 5.
 
g h i
 
a 3d g
1 30. Find det  b 3e h .
 
mark
c 3f i

5
A: 3 B: 15 C: D: −3 E: −15
3

 
a 5b c
1 31. Find det  3d 15e 3f .
 
mark
g 5h i

1 1
A: 3 B: C: 15 D: 75 E:
3 15

 
5d 5e 5f
1 32. Find det  3d − a 3e − b 3f − c .
 
mark
g h i

1
A: 3 B: −25 C: 15 D: 25 E:
15

 
5 k 0
1 33. Find the value of k for which A has no inverse if A =  2 0 1 .
 
mark
1 −1 1

A: 5 B: 2 C: −5 D: −2 E: 0

   
3 0 −1 11 −8 7
1 34. If A =  a b c  and Adj A =  −26 13 −13 , find det A.
   
mark
−2 8 5 46 −24 21

A: −26 B: 13 C: −13 D: 46 E: 7

" # " # " #

a b a e e b
1 35. If det = 2, det = −8 and det = 6, find the unique solution to
mark c d c f f d

ax + by = e
cx + dy = f

A: (−4, 3) B: (3, −4) C: (−3, 4) D: (4, −3) E: (−3, −4)

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PART B (15 marks)

SHOW YOUR WORK FOR ALL QUESTIONS IN PART B.
NOTE: NO MARKS WILL BE GIVEN if a particular method is specified in a question
or question part and you DO NOT use the specified method.

3 36. Find a standard form equation of the plane containing the points P (−2, 2, 1), Q(0, 1, 3)
marks and R(−1, 1, 1).

2 37. Consider the system of linear equations

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x1 + 3x4 = x2 − 2x3 + 2
x3 − 2x4 = 1 − x2
2x2 + 5x3 − 5 = 3x4 − x1

(a) Write the system in standard form.

(b) Find the rank of the coefficient matrix for this system.
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   
1 0 2 2
2 38. Let A =  0 1 2  and b =  3 .
   
marks
−1 1 1 3
(a) Find the row-reduced echelon form of the augmented matrix [A | b].

(b) Find A−1 b.

   
1 −3 −1 1 4 2
2 39. Let A =  0 2 −2  and B =  0 2 3 . Find det(A + B).
   
marks
0 0 3 0 0 1
Reminder: Show your work.
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 
1 2 a
3 40. Let A =  0 3 b .
 
marks
0 0 −1
(a) Find the (1, 2)-entry of Adj A.

(b) Use your answer to part (a) to find the (1, 2)-entry of A−1 .
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3 41. Consider the system of linear equations shown here:

marks
x + 2y = 1
− 3y + z = 2
+ 2z = 3

Use Cramer’s Rule to find the value of x in the unique solution to this system.
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Mathematics 1229A Final Examination
Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Code 111 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

INSTRUCTIONS

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2. Fill in the top of the scantron card completely. You MUST both print AND
code your Student Number, Section Number (below) and Exam Code (above).

3. DO NOT UNSTAPLE THE BOOKLET. The two blank pages at the back of the
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5. There are two parts to this examination: PART A (35 marks) in multiple choice
format and PART B (15 marks) in show your work format.

6. In Part A, circle the correct answer to each question on this paper AND fill in
the appropriate box on the scantron card with an HB pencil.

7. In Part B, show all your work in the space provided.

8. Questions are printed on both sides of the paper, they begin on Page 1 and
continue to Page 9. Be sure that your booklet is complete.

9. You must hand in this question paper, your scantron card, and all rough work
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10. Circle your section in the list below.

Instructor Campus/College Time Section

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