COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

PUTRAJAYA CAMPUS
FINAL EXAMINATION

Semester 1 2015/16

PROGRAMME : Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

SUBJECT CODE : MATB253

SUBJECT : Linear Algebra

DATE : September 2015

TIME : 2 hours 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

1. This paper contains EIGHT (8) questions in FOUR (4) pages.

2. Answer ALL questions.

3. Write all answers in the answer booklet provided.

4. Write the answer to each question on a new page.

5. Non-programmable calculators are allowed.

THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 5 PRINTED PAGES INCLUDING THIS

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QUESTION 1 [10 marks]

1 1 2

(a) Let A 1 where is a real number. Determine the value(s) of
1 1 2

, such that the system of linear equations AX = b has many solutions. [6 marks]

1 8 8
T

(b) Find the matrix A if given: 4 A T I [4 marks]
2 4 6

QUESTION 2 [10 marks]

k k 3
(a)
Determine the value(s) of k such that the matrix A 0 k 1 1 is NOT
k 8 k 1
invertible.
[5 marks]

r s t
(b) Suppose A and B are two 3 3 matrices such that, det( A) u v w 2 and
x y z
det B 5 . Compute the following determinants:

u r 4 x 8r
(i) v s 4 y 8s [2 marks]
w t 4 z 8t

(ii) det 2 (2B)T [3 marks]

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QUESTION 3 [12 marks]

4 1
Decipher the following message in Hill 2-cipher, which was enciphered by the matrix
1 3
to complete the brainy wisdom quote by Jim Rohn, _________ is the bridge between goals
and accomplishment.

YEABZEEMIC

QUESTION 4 [17 marks]

(a) Determine whether, W All vectors of the form (a, b, c), where b c is a subspace

for 3 .
[3 marks]

(b) Determine whether the following set of polynomials is an independent set for P2 .

1 x x ,1 x x , x
2 2 2

[4 marks]

(c) Consider the set of column vectors S x, y, z for 4 , where

2 2 1
5 1 2
x , y , z
8 0 2

3 5 3

(i) Express x as a linear combination of the other two vectors. [9 marks]

(ii) Hence, determine whether the set S forms a basis for 4 . [1 mark]

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QUESTION 5 [8 marks]

Find the standard matrix for the transformation T T2 T1 where:

T1 : R3 R3 The linear operator that reflects each vector about the xz plane and then

projects it orthogonally on the yz plane .

T2 : R3 R3 The linear operator that dilates each vector with factor 2 and then rotates
counter-clockwise direction about the positive x axis through an angle of 60.

QUESTION 6 [13 marks]

1 2 1 1
Transform the matrix A 2 4 3 0 to reduced row echelon form.
1 2 0 3

[5 marks]
Hence:
(a) Determine a basis for the nullspace of A. [5 marks]
(b) Determine a basis for the column space of A. [2 marks]
(c) Determine the nullity of AT. [1 marks]

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QUESTION 7 [15 marks]

1 1 1

Consider the matrix A 0 2 1 .
0 3 0

(a) Calculate the eigenvalues of A. [5 marks]

(b) Find bases for the eigenspaces of A. [8 marks]
(c) Determine the matrix P that diagonalizes A, and its diagonal matrix D, if exists.
[2 marks]

QUESTION 8 [15 marks]

(a) Let P2 have the standard inner product with p 1 3x 2 x2 and q 4 x 2 . Compute
the following.
(i) p, q (ii) d (p, q) (iii) p

[6 marks]

(b) Let W be the subspace of the Euclidean inner product space 3 and S is a basis for W.
Use the Gram-Schmidt process to transform S into an orthogonal basis, and then
normalize the orthogonal basis vectors to obtain an orthonormal basis for W.

S {(1,1, 0,1), (0,1, 1,1), (1, 0,1,1)}

[9 marks]

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