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Vector Space Worksheet

The document is a worksheet prepared by Dr. Belela Samuel for the Department of Mathematics at Oda Bultum University, focusing on various problems related to vectors and subspaces. It includes tasks such as determining unit vectors, finding volumes of parallelepipeds, and proving linear independence. Additionally, it addresses the properties of subspaces and their dimensions in vector spaces.

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Vector Space Worksheet

The document is a worksheet prepared by Dr. Belela Samuel for the Department of Mathematics at Oda Bultum University, focusing on various problems related to vectors and subspaces. It includes tasks such as determining unit vectors, finding volumes of parallelepipeds, and proving linear independence. Additionally, it addresses the properties of subspaces and their dimensions in vector spaces.

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Oda Bultum University

College of Natural and Computational Science


Department of Mathematics
Applied I Work sheet ONE
Prepared By: Dr. Belela Samuel

1. Determine such that ‖ ‖ = 7 and = ( , 6, -2)

2. Given vectors = (-1, 1, 0), = (0, 1, 1) and = (1, 2, -1)


Find a unit vectors in the direction of
3. Let be a vector in the first octant such that ‖ ‖ = 3 and the direction cosines with
respect to ⃗ and ⃗ are and respectively. Find ?
4. Find the volume of the parallelepiped generated by the vectors
and .
5. Show that the following sets form subspaces
a. The set of all (x, y) in  2 such that x = y
b. The set of all (x, y) in  2 such that x – y = 0
c. The set of all (x, y, z) in  3 such that x = y and z = 2y
6. If U and W are subspaces of a vector space V, show that U  W and U  W are
subspaces.
7. Decide whether the following vectors are linearly independent or not

8. Find the coordinates of X with respect to the vectors A, B and C


a.
b.
9. Prove: The vectors (a, b) and (c, d) in the plane are linearly dependent if and only if
–
10. Find a basis and the dimension of the subspace of  4 generated by
{(1, -4, -2, 1), (1, -3, -1, 2), (3, -8, -2, 7)}.

11. Let  – 

Find a basis and dimension of a) V b) W


8. Show that S is basis or not
a. for R2 b. for R3
9. Let V be a subspace of 3. What are the possible dimensions for V? Show that if

V 3, then either V = {0}, or V is a straight line passing through the origin, or V is a
plane passing through the origin.
10. Find the coordinate vector of with respect to the basis

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