ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
(Math 1041): Applied Mathematics I Assignment

Instruction: Solve each of the following problems by showing all the necessary steps.

1, Find the equation of the line passing through the point P(-2,5,-3) and perpendicular to the plane
Π: 2x-3y+4z+7 = 0.

2, Let
l1 : x = 3 − t, y = 4 + 4t, z = 1 + 2t, t ∈ R and
l2 : x = s, y = 3, z = 2s, s ∈ R
be two lines in space.

(a) show that l1 and l2 are skew.

(b) find two planes π1 and π2 such that π1 is parallel to π2 .

(c) Find the distance D of two parallel planes π1 and π2 (the planes that you found in b).

3, Find equation of the plane

(a) that is parallel to the z-axis and contains the points (3,-1,5) and (7,9,4)

(b) that contains the point (-2,1,4) and a line l: x = 2-3t, y = 4+2t, z = 3-5t.

(c) that contains the point (4,0,-2) and perpendicular to each of the planes x-y+z = 0 and
2x+y-4z = 5.

4. Let V = R3 , the vector space with the usual addition and scalar multiplication over R. Deter-
mine whether the following subsets are subspaces of R3 or not.

(a) W a = {( x, y, z) ∈ R3 : xyz = 0}.

(b) Wb = {( x, y, z) ∈ R3 : x + 2y + z = 0}.

(c) Wc = {( x, y, z) ∈ R3 : x > y + z}.

5. Let V = R3 , the vector space with the usual addition and scalar multiplication over R. Find a
basis and the dimension of each of the following subspaces of R3 .

(a) W a = {( x, y, z) ∈ R3 : 2x + 3y − 5z = 0}.

(b) Wb = {( x, y, z) ∈ R3 : x − z = 0}.

6. Let V = R3 , the vector space with the usual addition and scalar multiplication. Let
W = {( a, b, c) ∈ R3 : a − b + 3c = 0} and U be the space of V generated by the vector (1,-1,1).
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Then show that V = U W.
7. Let B = {(1, 1, 1), (1, 2, 2), (1, 2, 3)}

(a) show that B is a basis for R3 .

(b) Find the coordinate vector of the vector v = (4,-1,-7) with respect to the basis B .

8. Let B = {1 + 2x − x2 , 3x + x2 , 1 + 6x + 2x2 }.

(a) Show that B is a basis for P2 (R).

(b) Find the coordinate vector of the function f ( x ) = 2 + 3x + 2x2 with respect to the basis B .

9, Let V = {( a, b, c, d) ∈ R4 : b = 2c − d} and W = {( a, b, c, d) ∈ R4 : a = d, b = 2c}. Then find a

basis and the dimension of both V, W and V ∩ W.

10, Using Gaussian elimination method, solve the following system of linear equations.



 x + y + z + w = −2


 x + 2y + z − 2w = −4


2x + y + 4z + w = 2




4x + 3y + 6z + 3w = −2


11, Solve the system 



 4x + 6y + z = 2

2x + y − 4z = 3


3x − 2y + 5z = 8


By using

(a) Inverse matrix method

(b) Cramer’s rule

12. Find the eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenvectors of the matrix
 
−7 −2 10
A =  −3 2 3
 

−6 −2 9