Sample Midterm Maths 1 - Version 2
Sample Midterm Maths 1 - Version 2
2 1 1 2 1 0
Question 1 (10 points) Let A and B . Compute
0 1 4 3 2 2
a. 3 A 2 B b.4 A 3B
1 2 3 4
2 3 4 1
.
3 4 1 2
4 1 2 3
1 2 3 0
Question 3 (20 points) Let A , B . Find a matrix X such that XA B
2 1 1 5
.
1 2 3
Question 4 (10 points) Compute 4 5 1 by using elementary operations.
2 2 1
x1 x2 x3 x4 0
Question 5 (20 points) Solve x1 2 x2 x4 0 .
x x 3x x 0
1 2 3 4
2 1 1 2 1 0
Question 1 (20 points) Let A and B
T T
. Compute A .B, B . A
0 1 4 3 2 2
2 1
Question 2 (10 points) Find the inverse of the matrix A .
3 3
x1 x2 x3 x4 0
Question 6 (15 points) Solve x1 2 x2 x4 0 .
x x 3x x 0
1 2 3 4
1 2 9 1 T
Question 7 (10 points) Let A = , B = .Compute det(3 A.B )?
2 2 0 3
2 x y z 0
x y 2z 0
5 x y az 0
b. (5 points) Find a such that the system has nontrivial solution and determine the
solution set.