118.06 Quiz 1 March 1, 2010 Professor Strang Your PRINTED name is: 1. Your recitation number or instructor is 2. 3. 4. 1. Forward elimination changes Ax = b to a row reduced Rx = d: the complete solution is � ⎡ � ⎡ � ⎡ 4 2 5 � ⎢ � ⎢ � ⎢ � ⎢ � ⎢ � ⎢ x = � 0 ⎢ + c1 � 1 ⎢ + c2 � 0 ⎢ � ⎣ � ⎣ � ⎣ 0 0 1 (a) (14 points) What is the 3 by 3 reduced row echelon matrix R and what is d? (b) (10 points) If the process of elimination subtracted 3 times row 1 from row 2 and then 5 times row 1 from row 3, what matrix connects R and d to the original A and b? Use this matrix to find A and b.2. Suppose A is the matrix � ⎡ 0 1 2 2 � ⎢ A = �� 0 3 8 7 ⎢⎢ . � ⎣ 0 0 4 2 (a) (16 points) Find all special solutions to Ax = 0 and describe in words the whole nullspace of A. (b) (10 points) Describe the column space of this particular matrix A. “All combinations of the four columns” is not a sufficient answer. (c) (10 points) What is the reduced row echelon form R� = rref(B) when B is the 6 by 8 block matrix � ⎡ A A B = � ⎣ using the same A? A A3. (16 points) Circle the words that correctly complete the following sentence: (a) Suppose a 3 by 5 matrix A has rank r = 3. Then the equation Ax = b ( always / sometimes but not always ) has ( a unique solution / many solutions / no solution ). (b) What is the column space of A? Describe the nullspace of A.4. Suppose that A is the matrix � ⎡ 2 1 � ⎢ A = �� 6 5 ⎢⎢ . � ⎣ 2 4 (a) (10 points) Explain in words how knowing all solutions to Ax = b decides if a given vector b is in the column space of A. � ⎡ 8 � ⎢ (b) (14 points) Is the vector b = �� 28 ⎢⎢ in the column space of A? � ⎣ 14MIT OpenCourseWarehttp://ocw.mit.edu 18.06 Linear Algebra Spring 2010 For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use, visit:
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