8002A Semester 1 2012
The University of Sydney
School of Mathematics and Statistics
MATH1002
Linear Algebra
June 2012 Lecturers: A. Crisp, R. Crossman, H. Dullin, R. Howlett
Time Allowed: One and a half hours
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This examination has two sections: Multiple Choice and Extended Answer.
The Multiple Choice Section is worth 50% of the total examination;
there are 25 questions; the questions are of equal value;
all questions may be attempted.
Answers to the Multiple Choice questions must be entered on
the Multiple Choice Answer Sheet.
The Extended Answer Section is worth 50% of the total examination;
there are 3 questions; the questions are of equal value;
all questions may be attempted;
working must be shown.
Students may bring and use their own approved non-programmable
calculators
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Multiple Choice Section
In each question, choose at most one option.
Your answers must be entered on the Multiple Choice Answer Sheet.
1. What is the magnitude of i 2j 2k?
(a)
p
5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 9
2. If u = i+ 2k and v = i+ 2j then what is u · v?
(a) 3 (b) 2j+ 2k (c) 2 (d) 0 (e) 1
3. If a = i+ j 3k and b = i+ 2k then what is a⇥ b?
(a) 2i 5j k (b) 5 (c) 2i 5j+ k (d) i+ j+ 4k (e) 2i j+ k
4. What is the cosine of the angle between the vectors 2i+ j+ 2k and 3i 4k?
(a) 1 (b) 4
15
(c) 2
15
(d)
2
15
(e)
1
2
5. If b⇥ c = i and a⇥ b = 2j+ k, then what is (a b+ c)⇥ b?
(a) i+ 2j+ k (b) i+ j 2k (c) i 2j+ k (d) i+ j k (e) 2j+ k
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6. What is the product AB of the matrices A =

1 2
1 2

and B =
 4 6
2 3

?
(a)
 2 3
4 6

(b)

0 0
0 0

(c)
 10 5
20 10

(d)
 16 8
16 8

(e)

0 3
4 0

7. What is the determinant of
24 2 1 21 3 1
1 0 1
35?
(a) 1 (b) 10 (c) 27 (d) -10 (e) 0
8. The matrix
24 1 0 1 3 20 1 1 1 3
2 0 2 6 0
35 is the augmented matrix of a system of linear equations.
Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) The system has five unknowns.
(b) The system is inconsistent.
(c) The system has a unique solution.
(d) The general solution has one parameter.
(e) The general solution has two parameters.
9. Let B be a 3⇥ 3 matrix and suppose that det(B) = 1 . Then what is det(2B)?
(a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 1/8 (d) 2 (e) 8
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10. The invertible n⇥ n matrices A, B and C are such that A1B = B1CB.
Which expression equals the matrix A?
(a) C1B (b) BC1 (c) B1C (d) CBC (e) B1CB1
11. If A, B and C are 4⇥ 4 matrices, and BAC = 2I4, then what is the inverse of A?
(a) 2B1C1 (b) 1
2
BC (c)
1
2
CB (d) 1
2
CB (e) BC
12. Which one of the following planes contains the point with position vector i j k?
(a) x+ 2y + 2z = 5
(b) 2x y z = 0
(c) (r+ j) · (i+ j+ 2k) = 1
(d) r · (i j k) = 0
(e) 3x y 2z = 6
13. What is the area of the triangle with vertices P (1, 0, 0), Q(0,1, 0), R(0, 0, 2)?
(a) 3/2 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 9/2 (e) 5
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14. Which one of the following vectors is perpendicular to the line
x 2
3
= y 1 = z + 1
2
?
(a) i+ j+ 3k (b) 2i 3j (c) 3i+ j+ 2k
(d) i j k (e) 2i j+ k
15. Let v = j and w = i+ j+ k. The vector projection of v in the direction of w is
(a) j. (b) 1. (c) 1p
3
(i+ j+ k).
(d) i+ k. (e) 13(i+ j+ k).
16. Consider the following system of linear equations:
x + y + z + w = 0
x + y w = 0
x + z = 0
Which one of the following statements about this system is true?
(a) There is no solution.
(b) There is a unique solution.
(c) The general solution is expressed using 1 parameter.
(d) The general solution is expressed using 2 parameters.
(e) The general solution is expressed using 3 parameters.
17. Consider the following system of equations:
3x y + z = 3
x + y + 2z = 1
Which one of the following is not a solution to this system?
(a) x = 1 3t, y = 5t, z = 4t, where t 2 R
(b) x = 1 + 3t, y = 5t, z = 4t, where t 2 R
(c) x = 3t, y = 53 + 5t, z = 43 4t, where t 2 R
(d) x = 3t, y = 5t, z = 4t where t 2 R
(e) x = 5, y = 10, z = 8
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18. Consider the following system of equations where a is a constant:
x y 2z = 1
x + y + z = 0
2x 2y z = a
Which one of the following statements about this system is true?
(a) The system is always consistent.
(b) The system is consistent if and only if a = 1.
(c) If a = 1 then the system has a unique solution.
(d) If a = 1 then the system has infinitely many solutions expressed using 1 parameter.
(e) If a = 1 then the system has a unique solution.
19. Which one of the following statements may be false for some square matrices A, B and
C of the same size, with I standing for the identity matrix?
(a) A = B implies AC = BC
(b) A(B C)A = ACA+ ABA
(c) (A B)2 = A2 2AB +B2
(d) (A+ I)(B I) = AB A+B I
(e) (I + A)(I A) = I A2
20. The two lines given by the respective parametric equations
x = t
y = 1 t
z = 1 + 2t
9=; t 2 R and x = 1 sy = sz = 1 2s
9=; s 2 R
(a) are the same line. (b) are parallel to each other.
(c) intersect at the point (1, 0, 1). (d) intersect at the point (1, 1, 2).
(e) do not intersect.
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21. The following two lines
r = i+ j+ k+ t(2i 2j 2k), t 2 R
and
x 1 = y 2
2
=
z + 1
1
intersect each other. What is the equation of the line (where s 2 R) passing through
the intersection point of these two lines and perpendicular to both of them?
(a) r = i+ j+ k+ s(i j k)
(b) r = i+ 2j+ 3k+ s(i 2j+ 7k)
(c) x = y23 =
z1
2
(d) r = s(i+ k)
(e) r = j k+ s(i k)
22. Given the matrix A =

0 1
1 0

, what is A4?
(a) [1] (b)

0 1
1 0

(c)

1 0
0 1

(d)

0 1
1 0

(e)
 1 0
0 1

23. What are the eigenvalues of the matrix
24 1 20 10 2 0
1 12 1
35?
(a) 0, 0, 2
(b) 2,p2,p2
(c) 2, 0, 0
(d) 2, i,i
(e) 2,1, 1
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24. Which one of the following statements about the matrix

1 2
0 1

is true?
(a) 1 is an eigenvalue with eigenspace
n0
t
t 2 Ro.
(b) 1 is an eigenvalue with eigenspace
n t
t
t 2 Ro.
(c) 1 is an eigenvalue with eigenspace
nt
2t
t 2 Ro.
(d) 1 is an eigenvalue with eigenspace
n t
2t
t 2 Ro.
(e) 0 is an eigenvalue with eigenspace
n2t
t
t 2 Ro.
25. If A = P DP1 where D and P are the matrices D =

2 0
0 3

and P =

1 1
1 0

,
then what is A7?
(a)

27 37
27 0

(b)

37 27 37
0 27

(c)

27 0
0 37

(d)

27 37 37
27 0

(e)

2185 2059
0 128

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The Extended Answer Section begins on the next page
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Extended Answer Section
There are three questions in this section, each with a number of parts. Write your answers
in the space provided below each part. If you need more space there are extra pages at the
end of the examination paper.
1. (12 marks in total)
(a) Let u and v be the vectors u = 2i+ j 6k and v = 2i k.
Resolve u into a sum of two vectors, one parallel to v and the other perpendicular
to v. (2 marks)
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(b) Let a and b be nonzero vectors that are perpendicular to each other.
(i) Use the geometric definition of the dot product to show that a · b = 0.
(1 mark)
(ii) Show that if µ 2 R is any scalar then the vectors c = a+ µb and d = a µb
have the same length. (1 mark)
(iii) Find the value of µ2 if the vectors c and d in Part (ii) are also perpendicular.
(1 mark)
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(c) Consider the following system of linear equations
x 2z = 2
x y + z = 1
2x+ y 4z = 2
where 2 R is a parameter.
(i) Write down the augmented matrix for the system and use Elementary Row
Operations to reduce the matrix to Row Echelon Form. Describe the opera-
tions that you are performing at each stage. (3 marks)
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Use the final augmented matrix from Part (i) to answer the following questions:
(ii) Show that the system of equations is inconsistent when = 4. (1 mark)
(iii) Find the value of for which the system has infinitely many solutions, and
find the corresponding one dimensional parametric solution. (2 marks)
(iv) For what values of does the system have a unique solution? (1 mark)
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2. (12 marks in total)
(a) Let E =
24 2 1 21 a 1
2 0 1
35 and F =
241 1 b1 2 c
2 2 1
35, where a, b and c are integers.
(i) Calculate (in terms of a) the determinant, det(E), of the matrix E. (1 mark)
(ii) Calculate det(3E1). (1 mark)
(iii) If E = F1, find a, b and c. (3 marks)
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(b) Show that if all the entries of a matrix M and of its inverse M1 are integers then
det(M) = ±1. [Hint: use the property that det(MM1) = det(M) det(M1).]
(3 marks)
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(c) Let A =
24 2 3 22 0 1
1 1 1
35. You are given that A1 =
24 1 1 31 0 2
2 1 6
35 .
Make use of these matrices to solve the following systems of equations.
(i) x+ y + 3z = 4
x 2z = 1
2x y 6z = 0 (2 marks)
(ii) 2x+ z = 2
3x+ 3y 3z = 9
2x+ 3y 2z = 0 (2 marks)
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3. (12 marks in total)
(a) Let B =
240 0 40 1 0
3 4 4
35, and let v1 =
24 1615
4
35 and v2 =
2420
3
35.
(i) Use matrix multiplication to show that v1 and v2 are eigenvectors of B and
find the corresponding eigenvalues 1 and 2. (2 marks)
(ii) Calculate the characteristic polynomial det(B I), verify that 1 and 2
from Part (i) are roots, and find the third eigenvalue 3. (2 marks)
(iii) Find an eigenvector v3 corresponding to 3. (1 mark)
(iv) Write down matrices P and D such that B = PDP1 and D is a diagonal
matrix. (You are not required to find P1.) (2 marks)
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(b) Use vectors to show that any angle inscribed in a semicircle is a right angle.
(3 marks)
•• •
•
O
P R
Q
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(c) Let A, B and C be three points that do not lie on the same straight line. (That is,
they are not collinear.)
Let a =
!
OA, b =
!
OB and c =
!
OC be the position vectors of these points relative
to the origin O.
Show that the vector
n = a⇥ b+ b⇥ c+ c⇥ a
is normal to the plane that passes through A, B and C. (2 marks)
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8002B Semester 1 2012 Multiple Choice Answer Sheet
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