Nov
emb
er13,
2009
Math 221 – 02: Exam 3 Name:
Prob123456TotalValue121081082270Points Show properworkforfull creditin problems3-6
1.(2pts each)Answertrueorfalse.No Just
ification Required.
(a) IfAisaninvertible matrix, then thecolumnvectorsofAmust belinearlyindependent.
(b) IfAisanm
×nmatrix,then row(A)isasubspaceofR
m. (c) IfV isasubspace ofR
5
withdimension 3,then the orthogonal complementofV,V
⊥,musthavedimension2.(i.e. dim(V
⊥)=2)
(d) Everysubspaceofdimension1inR
2
isrepresented byalinethat goesthroughtheorigin.(e) IfAisanm
×nmatrixwithnulli
ty(A) =0,then col(A)=R
m
. (f) Ifspan
{~v1,~v
2,…,~v
n }=Rn ,then theset
{~v1 ,~v2,…,~vn }islinearlyindependent.
2.(2pt each)ShortAnswer. No Justification Required.
SupposeAisamatrixwith
1 2 3 1 −1 0 row(A)=span
,0
−5 and col(A)=span
1,0
Givethefollowing:
(i)
Thesize
ofAis
2 1 (ii)
Rank(
A)= (iii
)Nullity(A)= (iv)
Rank(AT)= (v)
Nullity(AT)= 3.(8pts) LetA~x=~bbealinearsystemofmequations innunknowns.
Provethat ifA~x=~bisconsistent,then~bisinthecolumnspaceofA.Proof:
4.(10pts) LetWbeasubspaceofR
n .Showthat W
⊥
isasubspaceofRn .Proof: 5.(8pts) Whatisthedimensionofthesubspace U=span
{v~1,v~
2,v~3}ofR3,where
v~1=(1,2,1)
v~2=(2,9,0)
v~3=(0,
−5,2) Justify yourconclusion!
−1 1 3
6.GiventhematrixA=
−1
−5 −3
0 3 3
−1 −2 0
(a) (5pts) Determine thereducedrowechelonformofA.
(b) (4pts) Find abasisfortherowspaceofA
(c) (4pts) Find abasisforthecolumnspaceofA
(d) (5pts) Find abasisforthenullspaceofA
(e) (4pts) Verifythatrow(A)
⊥null(A)