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Semester Summer Final Examination, 2020

MATH1051 Calculus & Linear Algebra 1


PART A 20 marks

Part A is Pass/Fail. A student who Passes Part A earns all 20 marks. A student who Fails Part A earns 0 marks.

The Pass threshold is 13/20.

There are 20 questions (each question is worth one mark) on: Gaussian elimination, Inverses, Determinants, Vector Products, Eigenvalues, and Eigenvectors.


1) The augmented matrix of a linear system has been reduced by row operations to the form

How many solutions does this system have?




2) Find the general solution to the following system of equations:




3) Apply elementary row operations until the augmented matrix

is in Gauss reduced form.




4) Determine the nullspace of the following matrix:




5) Apply elementary row operations until the augmented matrix

is in Gauss reduced form.




6) Let A and B be invertible matrices. Is the following statement True?

(AB)−1 = A−1B−1.




7) Let A be a square matrix.

Give three different conditions equivalent to the statement “A is invertible.”




8) Let A be an invertible matrix, and let b be a vector. How many solutions are there to the equation Ax = b?




9) Determine the inverse of the following matrix:




10) Find the determinant of the following matrix:




11) Suppose A and B are matrices, with |A| = 2, and |B| = 5.

Evaluate |AB|.




12) A matrix C has determinant 3.

Which of the following is true? Circle the correct statement:

(a) C is invertible.

(b) C is not invertible.

(c) C may be invertible., but there is not enough information to determine for sure.




13) Given that 




14) Let A be a matrix, and suppose |A| = 3.

Evaluate |A−1|.




15) Let u = (0, 1, 1), and v = (1, 0, 3).

Calculate u × v.




16) Suppose u × v = 5j.

Determine (−3u) × v.




17) Let a and b be non-zero vectors, and suppose a × b = 0.

Which of the following is true? Circle the correct statement:

(a) a and b are parallel.

(b) a and b are perpendicular.

(c) a and b may be either parallel or perpendicular, but there is not enough information to determine for sure.




18) Find all eigenvalues for the following matrix:




19) One of the eigenvalues of matrix

Find an eigenvector corresponding to this eigenvalue.




20) One of the eigenvectors of matrix 

What is this eigenvector’s corresponding eigenvalue?


PART B - CALCULUS - 40 marks

21) Determine whether the following series converge. Show all working.




22) Recall the double angle formula:

Find the MacLaurin series for f(x) = sin2 x. Show all working.




23a) Show that 

b) Evaluate the volume of the solid obtained by rotating  about the x-axis over the interval [0, 1].




24a) Explain why we would use rule to determine 

b) Evaluate  (if the limit exists).


PART B - LINEAR ALGEBRA - 30 marks

25a) Let G be a square matrix such that GGT = I.

Show that |G| = ±1 .

b) A matrix C is called idempotent if C2 = C.

Let A be an m × n matrix and B an n × m matrix.

Prove that if BA = I, then AB is idempotent.

c) Let F be a square matrix. Show that if 3 is an eigenvalue of F, then 9 is an eigenvalue of F2.




26a) Show that the following set of vectors is not linearly independent:

b) Do the following vectors form a basis for R3?




27a) It is known that  is a vector space.

Find a basis for V. What is dim(V)?

b) Let

Show that W is not a vector space.