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Math 54 Fall 2016 Practice Midterm 1: Nikhil Srivastava 50 Minutes, Closed Book, Closed Notes

This document provides a practice midterm exam for Math 54 Fall 2016. It consists of 5 questions testing various concepts in linear algebra, including: 1) True/false questions about properties of linear systems, matrices, and linear transformations. 2) Finding a matrix B such that AB has a given value. 3) Working with linear combinations of vectors and determining if a vector is in the span of other vectors. 4) Computing the standard matrix of the composition of two linear transformations and determining if the composition is one-to-one or onto. 5) Giving examples of 3x3 matrices with certain null space and column space dimensions.

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Math 54 Fall 2016 Practice Midterm 1: Nikhil Srivastava 50 Minutes, Closed Book, Closed Notes

This document provides a practice midterm exam for Math 54 Fall 2016. It consists of 5 questions testing various concepts in linear algebra, including: 1) True/false questions about properties of linear systems, matrices, and linear transformations. 2) Finding a matrix B such that AB has a given value. 3) Working with linear combinations of vectors and determining if a vector is in the span of other vectors. 4) Computing the standard matrix of the composition of two linear transformations and determining if the composition is one-to-one or onto. 5) Giving examples of 3x3 matrices with certain null space and column space dimensions.

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Math 54 Fall 2016 Practice Midterm 1

Nikhil Srivastava
50 minutes, closed book, closed notes

1. (20 points) True or False (no need for justification):

(a) If the reduced row echelon form of the augmented matrix of a linear system has
a column containing only zeros, then it must be consistent.
(b) If the columns of A are linearly independent, then Ax = b is consistent for every
b.
(c) If A has linearly dependent columns, then Ax = 0 is has infinitely many solutions.
(d) If A is an m × n matrix and b ∈ Rm , then the set of solutions to Ax = b is a linear
subspace of Rn .
(e) If a linear subspace of Rn contains more than one vector, then it must contain
infinitely many vectors.
(f) If T : R2 → R3 is a linear transformation then T cannot be both 1 − 1 and onto.
(g) If A is an m × n matrix and B is an n × p matrix whose first column contains
only zeros, then the first column of AB also contains only zeros.
(h) If A, B, C are invertible then the product ABC must also be invertible.
(i) If A is a square matrix such that A2 = 0 then A = 0.
(j) If A and B are square matrices of rank 2 then the product AB has rank at most
2.
   
1 1 1 1 0
2. (8 points) Let A = . Find a 3 × 2 matrix B such that AB = .
0 1 0 0 1

3. (11 points) Consider the vectors


         
1 1 3 0 2
2 −1 0 1 2
3 , v2 =  0  , v3 = 3 , v4 = 0 , v5 = 3 .
v1 =          

4 1 6 1 6

(a) Let H = span{v1 , v2 , v3 , v4 , v5 }. Find a subset of the given vectors which forms a
basis for H.

1
(b) What is the dimension of H?
(c) Determine whether the vector  
2
0
w= 
3
4
lies in H.

4. (12 points) Let T1 : R3 → R2 be the linear transformation defined by


 
x1  
x1
T1  x2   = ,
x2 + x3
x3

and let T2 : R2 → R2 be the linear transformation which rotates a vector about the
origin by π/4 radians counterclockwise.

(a) Determine the standard matrix of the composition T2 ◦ T1 : R3 → R2 defined by


applying T1 and then T2 .
(b) Determine whether T2 ◦ T1 is onto.
(c) Determine whether T2 ◦ T1 is one to one.

5. (9 points)

(a) Give an example of a 3 × 3 matrix whose null space has dimension 1.


(b) Give an example of a 3 × 3 matrix whose column space has dimension 1.
(c) Is there a 3 × 3 matrix whose null space and column space both have dimension
1?

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