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    1. This document provides 8 practice problems for Applied Mathematics 1A involving vectors and linear algebra concepts. The problems cover determining if sets of vectors span spaces, solving systems of equations, finding linear combinations of vectors, and determining if matrices have spanning sets of columns. 2. Problem 1 asks whether several statements about sets of vectors and their spans are true or false. Problem 2 involves using Gaussian elimination to solve a system of equations and writing a vector as a linear combination. 3. Problems 3-7 require finding spans of sets of vectors, determining if a vector is in a span, solving systems of equations involving vectors, and describing planes and lines spanned by vectors. Problem 8 asks whether the columns of a given

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    1. This document provides 8 practice problems for Applied Mathematics 1A involving vectors and linear algebra concepts. The problems cover determining if sets of vectors span spaces, solving systems of equations, finding linear combinations of vectors, and determining if matrices have spanning sets of columns. 2. Problem 1 asks whether several statements about sets of vectors and their spans are true or false. Problem 2 involves using Gaussian elimination to solve a system of equations and writing a vector as a linear combination. 3. Problems 3-7 require finding spans of sets of vectors, determining if a vector is in a span, solving systems of equations involving vectors, and describing planes and lines spanned by vectors. Problem 8 asks whether the columns of a given

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    1. This document provides 8 practice problems for Applied Mathematics 1A involving vectors and linear algebra concepts. The problems cover determining if sets of vectors span spaces, solving systems of equations, finding linear combinations of vectors, and determining if matrices have spanning sets of columns. 2. Problem 1 asks whether several statements about sets of vectors and their spans are true or false. Problem 2 involves using Gaussian elimination to solve a system of equations and writing a vector as a linear combination. 3. Problems 3-7 require finding spans of sets of vectors, determining if a vector is in a span, solving systems of equations involving vectors, and describing planes and lines spanned by vectors. Problem 8 asks whether the columns of a given

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    APPLIED MATHEMATICS 1A (MATH132)

    ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS 2 (2024)

           
    1 2 4 3
    1. Let v1 =  −1 , v2 =  3 , v3 =  6  and w =  8 . Are the following
    4 9 18 13
    statements true or false? Justify your answer in each case.

    (a) There are infinitely many vectors in the set {v1 , v2 , v3 }.


    (b) There are three vectors in the set Span {v1 , v2 , v3 }.
    (c) w ∈ {v1 , v2 , v3 }.
    (d) w ∈ Span {v1 , v2 , v3 }.
    (e) v2 ∈ Span {v1 , v2 , v3 }.

    2. (a) Solve the system

    x1 + 2x2 + x3 = 3
    −3x1 − x2 + 2x3 = 1
    5x2 + 3x3 = 2

    using Gaussian elimination. (Ans: (x1 , x2 , x3 ) = (3, −2, 4))


     
    −2
    (b) Use your answer in part (a) to write the vector  1  as a linear combination of
          −5
    1 1 3
    the vectors  −3 ,  2  and  1 .
    0 3 2
       
    1 3 −1 2
    3. Consider matrix A = 2 5 −1 and vector b = 1 .
      
    2 8 −2 3

    (a) Show that b is a linear combination of the column vectors a1 , a2 and a3 of A.


    (b) List three other vectors in Span {a1 , a2 , a3 }.
         
    −3 5 −2
    4. Determine the value of α so that  α  is in the plane spanned by  −1  and  1 .
    16 −4 −5
    (Ans: −7/11)
         
    1 2 x
     
    5. Consider the vectors u1 = −2 and u2 =  −9  3 
    in R . Let v = y  be a vector
    3 −14 z
    in R3 such that v ∈ Span {u1 , u2 }. Find the equation that describes Span {u1 , u2 }. Give
    a geometric description of this equation. (Ans: −11x − 4y + z = 0)
     
    −2 3 −4 8  
      −1
     11 6 1 5   
    6. (a) Find the product of B =  0 −1 7 −6  and y =  2 . (Ans:
       4 
     −5 9 −3 −13 
    3
    4 −1 2 0
     
    16
     20 
     
     8 )
     
     −28 
    2
     
    8
     10 
     
    (b) Deduce from part (a) that the vector 
     4  is in Span {b1 , b2 , b3 , b4 } where b1 ,

     −14 
    1
    b2 , b3 and b4 are the columns of B.
         
    2 1 1
    7. Let u =  1 , v =  3  and w =  −7 . Show that 2u − 3v − w = 0. Hence
    1 2 −4
    (without using row operations) find x1 and x2 that satisfy the equation
       
    1 2 · ¸ 1
     −7 1  x1 =  3  .
    x2
    −4 1 2

    (Ans: x1 = −1/3, x2 = 2/3)


     
    1 1 1
    8. Let A =  5 7 9 . Do the columns of A span R3 ? Explain. (Ans: No - show
    1 −2 −5
    that the equation Ax = b is not consistent for every b in R3 )

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