MT210 QUIZ 2 SAMPLE 1

İLKER S. YÜCE
FEBRUARY 1, 2011

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QUESTION 1. §1.2 ROW REDUCTION AND ECHELON FORM
Find the general solution of the system

2x1 + x2 + x3 − x4 = 3
x1 + 2x2 − x3 + 3x4 = 2
−x1 + x2 − 2x3 + 4x4 = −1

ANSWER 1.
   
2 1 1 −1 3 1 2 −1 3 2
 1 2 −1 3 2 
R1 ↔R2
/  2 1 1 −1 3 
−1 1 −2 4 −1 −1 1 −2 4 −1
   
1 2 −1 3 2 1 2 −1 3 2
 2 1 1 −1 3 
1·R1 +R3 ↔R3
/  0 −3 3 −7 −1 
−2·R1 +R2 ↔R2
−1 1 −2 4 −1 0 3 −3 7 1
   
1 2 −1 3 2 1 2 −1 3 2
 0 −3 3 −7 −1 
1·R2 +R3 ↔R3
/  0 −1 1 −7/3 −1/3  .
(1/3)R2 ↔R2
0 3 −3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0
   
1 2 −1 3 2 1 0 1 −5/3 4/3
 0 −1 1 −7/3 −1/3 
2·R2 +R1 ↔R1
/  0 1 −1 7/3 1/3  .
−1·R2 ↔R2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
We rewrite the system:

x1 + x3 − (5/3)x4 = 4/3
x2 − x3 + (7/3)x4 = 1/3

Note that x1 and x2 are basic variables and x3 and x4 are free variables. We
express each basic variable in terms of free variables and get the answer:.

 x1 = 4/3 − x3 + (5/3)x4 ,


x2 = 1/3 + x3 − (7/3)x4 ,
General Solution =

 x3 is free,

x4 is free.

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 QUESTION 2. §1.3 VECTOR EQUATIONS
Please mark the following statement as TRUE or FALSE:
When u and v are nonzero vector, Span{u, v} contains the line through
u and the origin.

ANSWER 2.
TRUE.