MA 262, Spring 2018, Midterm 2

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the required information on the scantron.

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5. Once you are allowed to open the exam, make sure you have a complete test. There are 6 different
test pages with a total of 12 problems, plus this cover page.
6. Do any necessary work for each problem on the space provided, or on the back of the pages of this
booklet. Circle your answers in the booklet.

7. After you have finished the exam, hand in your scantron and your test booklet to your recitation
instructor.
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RECITATION INSTRUCTOR

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1. (8 points) For what value of k is the vector (−1, 2, 1, 1) in the span of (1, 2, 1, −1) and
(2, 2, 1, k)?

A. 2
B. 1

C. 0
D. −1
E. −2

2. (8 points) Which of the following sets S are subspaces of the corresponding vector spaces
V?

(i) V = R3 and S is the set of vectors (x, y, z) satisfying x + 2y − z = 0.

(ii) V = M2 (R) and S is the set of all 2 × 2 invertible matrices.

(iii) V = P2 (the set of polynomials of degree at most 2) and S is the set of polynomials
of the form bx + c.

(iv) V is the set of all twice differentiable functions and S is the set of the functions
satisfying the differential equation y 00 − 3y 0 + 2y = 0.

A. (i) and (iv) only.

B. (i) and (iii) only.

C. (iii) and (iv) only.

D. (i) (iii) and (iv).

E. (i) (ii) (iii) and (iv).

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3. (8 points) Determine all values of t such that the following three polynomials

x2 + tx, tx + 2, tx2 − 4
form a basis of P2 .

A. t 6= 0, 2
B. t = 0, −2
C. t 6= 0, −1

D. t = 0, 1
E. t 6= 0, −3

4. (8 points) Let A be a 3 × 6 matrix, and let B denote the reduced row echelon matrix
of A. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. If the columns 1,3 of B have leading 1’s then the columns 1,3 of A span R3 .
B. If the number of non-zero rows of B equals 2, then one can pick 2 columns of A
that form a basis of the column space of A.

C. If B has exactly 2 leading 1’s, then the dimension of null space of A is 2.

D. If the number of non-zero rows of B equals 3, then the number of non-zero columns
of B equals 3.
E. None of the above.

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5. (8 points) T is a linear transformation from P2 to P2 , where P2 is the space of all
polynomials of degree no more than 2, and
T (x2 − 1) = 2x2 + x − 3, T (2x) = 4x, T (3x + 2) = 2x + 6.

What is T (x2 )?

A. 2x2 − x

B. x2 − x
C. 2x − 1
D. −2x + 3

E. 2x

6. (8 points) Let T : R5 → R4 , T (x) = Ax where

 
1 1 1 1 −3
1 1 1 2 −5
A= .
2 3 1 4 −5
3 4 2 5 −8

If a = dim(Rng(T )) and b = dim(Ker(T )), then a + 2b equals

A. 5
B. 6

C. 7
D. 8
E. 9

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7. (8 points) Which of the following statements is TRUE about matrix
 
1 2
A= ?
2 −2

A. The sum of the eigenvalues of A is 1.

B. A has an eigenspace of dimension 2.

C. A is defective.
 
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D. The vector is an eigenvector to the eigenvalue 2.
1
 
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E. The vector is an eigenvector to the eigenvalue 2.
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8. (8 points) If y is the solution of the initial value problem

y 00 − 5y 0 + 6y = 0, y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 1
then y(1) =

A. 3e2 − 3e3
B. 2e3 − e2

C. 4e3 − 2e2
D. e3 + e2
E. e3 − e2

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  
1 2 3 4 5 6
0 0 1 2 0 3
9. (8 points) A = 
0
 , which of the following is a basis of the column
0 2 4 0 7
1 2 1 0 5 0
space of A?

     

 1 2 3 

0 ,
  0 1
A. 0
 ,
0
 
2

 
 1 2 1 
     

 2 3 4 

0 ,
  1 2
B. 0
 ,
2
 
4

 
 2 1 0 
     

 1 3 4 

0 ,
  1 2
C. 0
 ,
2
 
4

 
 1 1 0 
     

 1 3 6 

0 ,
  1 3
D. 0
 ,
2
 
7

 
 1 1 0 
     

 3 4 5 

1 ,
  2 0
E. 2
 ,
4
 
0

 
 1 0 5 

10. (8 points) Find the general solution of

y (4) − 5y 00 + 4y = 0

A. y(t) = c1 et + c2 e−t + c3 cos 2t + c4 sin 2t

B. y(t) = c1 et + c2 e−t + c3 e2t + c4 e−2t

C. y(t) = c1 et + c2 e−t + c3 cos t + c4 sin t
D. y(t) = c1 e2t + c2 e−2t + c3 te2t + c4 te−2t

E. y(t) = c1 et + c2 e−t + c3 tet + c4 te−t

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11. (10 points) Which of the following statements are always true?

(i) If A is an n × n matrix and A is nonsingular, then the columns of A must form a

basis for Rn .

(ii) Any set of linearly independent vectors of a vector space V must span V .

(iii) The annihilator of F (x) = xeax is A(D) = (D − a)2 .

(iv) If a matrix A has a repeated eigenvalue, then A is defective.

A. (i) and (ii) only

B. (i) and (iii) only
C. (i), (iii), and (iv)

D. (i), (ii), and (iii)

E. (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv)

12. (10 points) Determine a suitable form of the particular solution yp (t) of the equation

y 000 − y 0 = 2t + 4 sin t + e−t .

A. yp (t) = (At + B)t2 + C sin t + D cos t + Ete−t

B. yp (t) = (At + B)t + C sin t + D cos t + Ee−t

C. yp (t) = (At + B)t + C sin t + D cos t + Ete−t

D. yp (t) = At + B + C sin t + D cos t + Ete−t
E. yp (t) = At + B sin t + C cos t + De−t