MAB/MAN312 Linear Algebra Quiz 2

Due Date: Friday 2

nd
May, 5PM
Assignment value: 15%
What is required: This quiz is to be completed and submitted together with
an assignment cover sheet in the MAB/MAN312 assignment box located on
Level 6 of O-block by the due date. Your nal mark out of 40 will be scaled
to 15% towards your nal assessment. Note that you can use Maple to assist
you with the quiz and you may submit a Maple worksheet with your solutions.
FULL working must be shown for Question 2 whether you are submitting the
assignment in written or Maple worksheet form.
Question 1 (10 Marks)
This question consists of 10 truefalse answers. In each case answer true if
the statement is always true and false otherwise. There is no need to show
working.
1. The set S = {(x
1
, x
2
, x
3
, x
4
)
T
| x
1
x
4
= x
2
x
3
} is a subspace of R
41
.
2. The vectors (2, , 3)
T
, (4, 1, 1)
T
and (, 1, 1)
T
are linearly indepen-
dent if = 3.
3. Let u, v and w be any vectors in a vector space V , then the vectors
2u v, w3u and u +v w are linearly dependent.
4. The set B = {(0, 1, 1)
T
, (2, 1, 3)
T
} is a basis for the subspace W =
span{(1, 1, 1)
T
, (1, 1, 3)
T
} R
3
.
5. In the vector space R
3
, the subspace W = span

(1, 2, 1)
T
, (4, 1, 3)
T
, (6, 3, 5)
T

has dim(W) = 2 and represents the plane {(x, y, z)

T
| 7x + y 9z = 0}
geometrically.
1
6. The set B =

(1, 1, 1, 1)
T
, (1, 1, 1, 0)
T
, (1, 1, 0, 0)
T
, (1, 0, 0, 0)
T

is a
basis for R
4
and the coordinate of v = (2, 3, 4, 7)
T
relative to this
ordered basis is [v]
B
= (7, 11, 21, 19)
T
.
7. The homogeneous system of three equations in four unknowns Ax = 0
having its general solution x
H
= x
2

2
1
0
0

+ x
4

3
0
2
1

has reduced
row echelon form of A given by E
A
=

1 2 0 3
0 0 1 2
0 0 0 0

.
8. Among all solutions x = (x, y, z)
T
that satisfy the homogeneous system
x y + z = 0, x y = 0, 2z = 0,
only the solution set

2
2
,

2
2
, 0)
T
, (

2
2
,

2
2
, 0)
T

also satises the

nonlinear constraint x =

x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
= 1.
9. The matrices A =

1 1 5
2 0 6
1 2 7

and B =

1 4 4
4 8 6
0 4 5

have the same

nullspaces and left-hand nullspaces.
10. If A =

1 1 2
1 0 1
1 2 1

then its four fundamental subspace are R(A) =

{(x, y, z)
T
| 2x 3y + z = 0}, N(A) = {t(1, 1, 1)
T
| t R}, R(A
T
) =
{(x, y, z)
T
| x + y + z = 0} and N(A
T
) = {t(2, 3, 1)
T
| t R}.
Question 2 (30 Marks)
1. (8 Marks)
Let V = {(1+t, 22t, 3+3t)
T
| t R} with the operations for addition
and scalar multiplication dened by

1 + t
1
2 2t
1
3 + 3t
1

1 + t
2
2 2t
2
3 + 3t
2

1 + t
1
+ t
2
2 2t
1
2t
2
3 + 3t
1
+ 3t
2

1 + t
2 2t
3 + 3t

1 + kt
2 2kt
3 + 3kt

2
(i) Show that V is a vector space over R.
(ii) Find a basis for V and state dim(V ).
2. (14 Marks)
Consider the subset W = {(a, b, c, d) | 2b c + 2d = 0} R
4
.
(i) Show that W is a subspace of R
4
.
(ii) Find a basis B
W
for W and state dim(W).
(iii) Describe W geometrically.
(iv) Show that the set S = {(1, 1, 0, 1)
T
, (1, 0, 2, 1)
T
, (1, 2, 2, 1)
T
,
(1, 1, 2, 0)
T
, (0, 1, 0, 1)
T
} is a spanning set for W but not a basis.
(v) Find another basis, B
S
, for W that consists of a selection of the
vectors in S.
(vi) Determine the coordinate vectors of the dependent vectors in S
with respect to the ordered basis B
S
found in (v).
(vii) Would the set B
W
{(0, 2, 1, 2)
T
} be a basis for R
4
? Explain
your answer.
3. (8 Marks)
A Queensland steel company sells at steel in 8 m lengths that come
in three types of bundles, which are labeled as A, B and C. There are
four gauges of steel G
1
: 2mm, G
2
: 4mm, G
3
: 6mm and G
4
: 8mm.
The bundles are composed of a number of lengths of dierent gauges
as shown in the following table.
Bundle G
1
G
2
G
3
G
4
A 2 1 3 3
B 3 1 1 2
C 5 2 4 5
A bundle of type A sells for $50, one of type B for $45, and one for
type C for $60. The company receives an order for 37 lengths of 2mm
gauge, 14 lengths of 4mm gauge, 24 lengths of 6mm gauge, and 33
lengths of 8mm gauge.
(i) In how many ways can this order be lled?
3
(ii) In how many ways can this order be lled with exactly two types
of bundles?
(iii) What is the cheapest order?
4