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This document is a sample midterm exam for Math 201 at Sabancı University for the Fall 2024-2025 semester. It consists of six problems covering topics such as linear systems, matrix operations, vector independence, and properties of vector spaces. The exam is designed to assess students' understanding of these mathematical concepts within a 90-minute time frame.

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This document is a sample midterm exam for Math 201 at Sabancı University for the Fall 2024-2025 semester. It consists of six problems covering topics such as linear systems, matrix operations, vector independence, and properties of vector spaces. The exam is designed to assess students' understanding of these mathematical concepts within a 90-minute time frame.

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Name, Last Name:


Student Number: Section or Assistant:
Math 201 – Midterm I (SAMPLE 1)

(Sabancı University - Fall 2024-2025)


Time allowed is 90 minutes. There are 6 problems worth a total of 50 points.
Problem 1: (9 points)
Consider the following linear system of equations:

 x + 2y − z = 1
2x + y − 2z = 1
x + 2y + (k 2 − 10)z = k + a

Find the values of k and a, for which the resulting system has:
i) no solutions.
ii) a unique solution.
iii) infinitely many solutions.
Problem 2: (11 points)  
  1 0 −1
1 0 1 0  2 1 0 
Consider the matrices A =  2 1 0 −1  and B = 
 0
.
1 0 
0 −1 2 −1
−1 1 2
a. Compute AB and BA.
b. Find (AB)−1 using Gauss Jordan elimination.
c. Without using elimination explain why (BA) is not invertible.
 
−2
d. Solve the linear system (AB)x =  3 .
1
Problem 3: (7 points)
Let v1 = (1, −k, 1, 1), v2 = (−1, k + 2, −2, k − 1), v3 = (1, 2, −1, k 2 + 2k − 3). Determine for which values of
k the vectors v1 , v2 , v3 are linearly independent and for which values of k they are linearly dependent.

Problem4: (7 points)   
1 1 1 1 1
 1 2 3 4   . Compute A−1 and use it solve the linear system Ax = 2 .
 
Let A = 
 1 3 6 10  3
1 4 10 20 5
Problem 5: (6 points)

Let V = Mn×n (R) be the vector space of n × n matrices.Fix a matrix A ∈ V and consider
W = {B ∈ V : AB = 0}
where 0 denotes the zero matrix of size n × n.
(a) Show that W is a subspace of V .
(b) Determine W when A ∈ V is invertible.
 
1 1
(c) Let n = 2. Determine W , if A = . Determine a basis for W. (related to this week’s lecture)
0 0

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Problem 6: (10 points)
Delete as appropriate and/or fill in the blanks.

(a) If 3 vectors in R3 span a plane through the origin, then these vectors are linearly .

(b) Let A be a 19 × 19 matrix. Suppose that a system of equations Ax = b has a unique solution. Then
the number of pivots of A = .

(c) Let A be a 37 × 37 invertible matrix and let R be the reduced row echelon form of A, then
R2022 = .

(d) The 2nd column of the matrix product AB is the of the of A, taken
with coefficients from the of B.
 
 
(f ) If the columns C1 , C2 , C3 , C4 of A ∈ M4×4 (R) satisfy 2C1 + 2C2 = C3 − 3C4 , then x = 

 is a

solution of Ax = 0.

(g) If rows 1 and 3 of A are the same, so are the rows 1 and 3 of AB. True/False, since......

(h) If W1 is a 1-dimensional subspace and W2 is a 2-dimensional subspace of the vector space of 2 × 4


matrices over R then W1 ∪ W2 is also a subspace. True/False, since......

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