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The document is a practice exam for MATH 3120 covering material from the beginning of the semester to Lecture 7, designed to be completed in 80 minutes without notes or electronic devices. It includes problems on determinants, matrix inverses, linear systems, and properties of matrices, requiring detailed justification for solutions. The exam consists of multiple problems involving calculations and theoretical questions related to linear algebra concepts.

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Practice Exam 1

The document is a practice exam for MATH 3120 covering material from the beginning of the semester to Lecture 7, designed to be completed in 80 minutes without notes or electronic devices. It includes problems on determinants, matrix inverses, linear systems, and properties of matrices, requiring detailed justification for solutions. The exam consists of multiple problems involving calculations and theoretical questions related to linear algebra concepts.

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MATH 3120 Section 002 Practice Exam 1 (80 minutes)

The practice exam and the actual exam will both cover materials we have learnt from the
beginning of the semester up to the end of Lecture 7. To help yourself best assess your
readiness for the exam, please set aside 80 minutes to take the practice exam uninterruptedly
and please don’t use any notes, books, or electronic devices during the exam. You should
justify your solutions in detail unless otherwise specified by the problem.

 
1 2 3
Problem 1: Consider matrix A = 2 6 7.
2 2 4
(a) Use the cofactor expansion (along a row or column of your choice) to compute the determinant
of A.

(b) Use the inversion algorithm to determine whether A is invertible. If it is, find A−1 .

(c) Describe the solutions of the linear system A~x = ~0. Justify your answer.

Problem 2: Each of the following matrices represents an augmented matrix for a system of linear
equations. For each matrix, fully describe the solutions of the system (in the parametric form).
     
1 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 2
(a) 0 1 1 2 , (b) 0 1 0 0 , (c) 0 1 2 0 .
0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Problem 3: Consider the linear system



2x + 8y + 4z = 2

2x + 5y + z = 5

4x + 10y − z = 1

(a) Convert its augmented matrix into the RREF using Gauss-Jordan elimination.

(b) Denote the RREF as matrix R. Express the augmented matrix of the system as a product of
elementary matrices and R. Justify your answer.
 
2 4 2
(c) Consider another linear system whose augmented matrix is 2 1 5. Solve this system
4 −1 1
quickly by using the result of part (a). Justify your answer.

1
 
a b c
Problem 4: Consider matrix A = 0 d e .
0 0 f
(a) Compute the determinant of A (express it using a, · · · , f ).

(b) Compute the determinant of 2AT A (express it using a, · · · , f ).


 
0 0 f
(c) Express the determinant of 0 3d 3e using det(A).
a b c

Problem 5: For each of the matrices below, determine whether it is invertible. If so, find its
inverse (no need to justify), otherwise, explain why not.
   
2 0 0   1 4 8
0 1
(a) 0 1 0 , (b) , (c) 0 2 4 .
1 0
0 0 3 3 0 0

Problem 6: Determine whether the following statements are true or false. If true, prove the
statement, otherwise, provide a counterexample and explain your answer.

(a) If A, B are symmetric matrices and are of the same size, then AB is also symmetric.

(b) If A is a lower triangular matrix with all diagonal entries being nonzero, then A is invertible.

(c) If a linear system with m equations and n unknowns satisfies m < n, then it has infinitely many
solutions.

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