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April 2023

Math II - Linear Algebra

Spring Semester 2022-2023
Midterm Exam

Barcode

Instructions: Read carefully before proceeding

1. Duration of the exam: 2 hours.

2. (Non-programmable) Calculators are allowed.
3. No books or other aids are permitted for this test.
4. This exam booklet contains 19 pages, including this one. Three extra sheets of scratch
paper are attached and have to be kept attached. Note that if one or more pages are
missing, you will lose their points. Thus, you must check that your exam booklet is
complete.
5. Write your solutions in the space provided. If you need more space, write on the back of
the sheet containing the problem or on the three extra sheets and make an arrow
indicating that. Scratch sheets will not be graded unless an arrow on the problem page
indicates that the solution extends to the scratch sheets.
6. When you are told that time is up, stop working on the test.
7. In all questions, show your workout!

Good Luck!

Exercise 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
Possible 10 10 16 6 15 14 14 85
Marks
Final
marks

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Question 1 (4+2+4=10 Marks)
! !
1 0
a) Let 𝐴 = #"! "
!$ and 𝐵 = & *, and 𝐶 = 𝐴𝐵. Evaluate the following:
0 −1
" "

i. 𝐴#
ii. 𝐵$
iii. 𝐵!"
iv. 𝐶%

!
1
b) Let 𝐴 = - & 0. Find numbers c and d such that 𝐴" = −4𝐼
𝑐 𝑑
'
89 ln (1) 𝑒& 17.5 ⎡sin ( " ) 0 0 0⎤
c) Find 𝐴𝐵 if 𝐴 = 3sin (0) 12 log (10) 16 H and 𝐵 = ⎢ 0 −𝜋 0 0⎥
10 cosh(0) 120 9 ⎢ 0 0 −5 0 ⎥
𝜋 −88 −19 123 ⎣ 0 0 0 10⎦

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(Question 1 continued)

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Question 2 (4+6=10 Marks)

a) Complete the following. Show your workout!

i. If det (𝐴) = −16, then if 𝐵 is obtained by interchanging two rows of 𝐴, then det (𝐵) is ….

ii. If 𝐴 is an 𝑛 × 𝑛 matrix and it satisfies the equation 𝐴& − 4𝐴" + 3𝐴 − 5𝐼( = 0, then 𝐴 is
nonsingular and its inverse is ……………

iii. If 𝐴 and 𝐵 are invertible matrices such that 𝐴" = 𝐼 and 𝐵" = 𝐼, then (𝐴𝐵))! is …………

8 5
iv. If 𝐴 is & *, then the value of det(𝐴!"! − 𝐴!"* ) is ………
7 6

b) Solve the following. Show all your steps in the proof!

i. Prove that detV𝑎𝑑𝑗(𝐴)Y = det(𝐴)()! , where 𝐴 is an invertible square matrix and 𝑛 is the
size of the matrix

ii. Use the results in part i) to find the 𝑎𝑑𝑗(𝑎𝑑𝑗(𝐴)), where 𝐴 is an invertible square matrix

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(Question 2 continued)

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Question 3 (5+3+2+6=16 Marks)
1 0 0 0
⎡! ⎤
⎢ + 1 0 0⎥
a) Find the inverse of Matrix 𝐴 = ⎢ ! ! 1 0⎥
⎢& & ⎥
⎢! ! ! ⎥
⎣ " " " 1⎦

b) For which three values of 𝑎 is the matrix 𝐵 invertible?

1 𝑎 𝑎
𝐵 = Z𝑎 𝑎 𝑎[
2 3 𝑎

c) Show that matrix 𝐴 is non-singular for all values of 𝑥

2 −2 4
𝐴 = Z 5 𝑥 − 2 2[
−1 3 𝑥

d) Find all values of 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, and 𝑑 for which 𝐴 is skew-symmetric.

0 2𝑎 − 3𝑏 + 𝑐 3𝑎 − 5𝑏 + 5𝑐
𝐴 = Z−2 0 5𝑎 − 8𝑏 + 6𝑐[
−3 −5 𝑑

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(Question 3 continued)

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(Question 3 continued)

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Question 4 (6 Marks)

Find the determinant of the following matrix. Do not use the calculator to compute the determinant
automatically. Show your working.
!"
283 5 𝜋 347.86 × 10!#
33136 56 5 cos (2.7402) H
6776 121 11 5
2464 44 4 2

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Question 5 (4+5+6=15 Marks)

a) Determine the values of 𝑎 for which the system has a unique solution, no solution, infinitely
many solutions.
𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 3𝑧 = 4
3𝑥 − 𝑦 + 5𝑧 = 2
4𝑥 + 𝑦 + (𝑎" − 14)𝑧 = 𝑎 + 2

b) Solve the following system of equations using Gauss-Jordan Elimination method

𝑥1 + 2𝑥2 + 2𝑥3 + 𝑥4 = 14
−𝑥1 − 2𝑥2 − 3𝑥4 = −4
2𝑥1 + 4𝑥2 + 8𝑥3 − 2𝑥4 = 48

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c) Find the solutions of the following system if 0 ≤ 𝛼 ≤ " , 0 ≤ 𝛽 ≤ " , and 0 ≤ 𝛾 ≤ " .

sin(𝛼) + 2 cos(𝛽) + 3 tan (𝛾) = 0

2 sin(𝛼) + 5 cos(𝛽) + 3 tan (𝛾) = 0
− sin(𝛼) − 5 cos(𝛽) + 5 tan (𝛾) = 0

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(Question 5 continued)

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(Question 5 continued)

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Question 6 (4+4+6=14 Marks)

2 3
a) Given matrix 𝐴 = & *, and eigenvalues 𝜆! = −7 and 𝜆" = 3, find the eigenvalues of the
3 −6
matrix

i. 3𝐴
ii. 𝐴,
iii. 𝐴& − 5𝐴
iv. 𝐴)!

0 1 0
b) Choose 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 in the matrix 𝐴 = Z0 0 1[ so that the characteristic equation of 𝐴 is
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
−𝜆& + 4𝜆" + 5𝜆 + 6

c) Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the following matrix

2 2 2
Z2 2 2[
2 2 2

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(Question 6 continued)

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Question 7 (3+6+2+3=14 Marks)

The 2 × 2 matrix 𝐴 is given below

1 8
& *
8 −11
a) Find the eigenvalues of 𝐴

b) Determine an eigenvector for each of the corresponding eigenvalues of 𝐴

c) Using the eigenvalues obtained in a), find the eigenvalues of

i. −4𝐴
ii. 𝐴,
iii. 𝐴" + 6𝐴
iv. 𝐴)!

d) Find a 2×2 matrix 𝑃, so that

𝜆! 0
𝐴𝑃, = g h
0 𝜆"

Where 𝜆! and 𝜆" are the eigenvalues of A and 𝜆! <𝜆"

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(Question 7 continued)

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Scratch Paper 2

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Scratch Paper 3

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