Explain
System of Linear Equations
Matrix Algebra
Determinants & Diagonalization
Vector Geometry
100

Describe:

Parametric form

What is

The general solution to the system using parameters such as r, s, t

r, s, t, epsilonbbb"R"

100

How many types of solutions are there? Name each.

What is 

3 different solutions:
- Unique / independent
- No Solution
- Infinitely many solutions / Dependent 


100

If 

A=[[8,0,2],[3,1,7],[1,2,3]]

find 

A^-1

What is

A^-1=[[11/78,-2/39,1/36],[1/39,-11/39,25/39],[-5/78,8/39,-4/39]]

100

Find the determinant of the following

 

[[6,5],[2,1]]

What is

-4

100

How do you find the unit vector of 

vecv

What is

vecu=1/normvecvcdotvecv

200

How do you know you are working with a homogenous system?

What is 

When your system is equal to all 0's

or

Your constant matrix is all 0's

200

Looking at the augmented matrix why are there infinitely solutions possible?

[[1,-2,3,-2,| ,0],[-3,6,1,0,| ,0],[-2, 4,4,-2,| ,0]]

What is

There are more rows than columns in the matrix, causing a free variable.

200


If 

A=[[8,0,2],[3,1,7]]

"Find"" " A^T

What is

A^T=[[8,3],[0,1],[2,7]]

200

Name the process used to find the determinant of a matrix larger than a 2x2.


What is

Cofactor Expansion

200

Find the norm of the following vector.

norm(vecv)=2[[3],[6],[2]]

What is14

300

If A is an nxn matrix with n distinct eigenvalues, then A is...

What is 

diagonalizable and P & D exist

300

If a system has 6 columns but is of rank 2 how many basic solutions exist?

What is 

4
(by Thm 1.3.2)

300

Find the inverse of the following matrix

[[1,-1,2],[0,1,1],[1,0,0]]

Answer in fraction form.

What is

[[0,0,1],[-1/3,2/3, 1/3],[1/3,1/3,-1/3]]

300

Find the determinant of 

B=[[2,0,0,0,0],[0,3,0,0,0],[0,0,6,0,0],[0,0,0,1,0],[0,0,0,0,4]]

What is 

144

300

Let

vecu=[[4,2,9]], vecv=[[3],[2],[2]], vecw=[[1],[0],[2]]

Find

vecucdot(vecv-vecw)

What is 

12

400

What equation is used to find the eigenvalue(s) of a matrix?

What is

det(lambdaI-A)=0

400

Solve the following system

{(x,-,3y,+4z=,7),(,,y,+2z=,2),(,,,z=,5):}

What is

x=-37, y=-8, z=5

400

"If"" " A=[[3,4,2],[1,3,2]] " ""&"" "B=[[2,4],[4,1],[0,3]]

"Find"" "AcdotB

What is

[[22,22],[14,13]]

400

What Row Operation can you preform that will not change the determinant? 

What is

Multiplying by a scalar and adding to another row.

ie: 

kR_1+R_2->R_2

400

If

vecu=[[3,1,1]] " "&" " vecv=[[2,2,5]]

find 

vecuxxvecv

What is

vecuxxvecv=[[3,-13,4]]

500

What equation is used to find the eigenvector(s) of a matrix?

What is

(lambdaI-A)vecx=0

500

What is the rank of the following matrix

C=[[0,4,4,-4,4],[1,-1,-3,10,-4],[0,3,4,-5,1]]

What is

Rank 3

500

Find the elementary matrix E such that B=EA, where 

A=[[1,2],[-1,1]]" ""and"" "B=[[1,2],[0,3]]

What is

E=[[1,0],[1,1]]

500

To diagonalize matrix A you would need to solve 

P^-1AP=D

How do you construct P and D?

What is 

P= [vecx_1,vecx_2,vecx_3,...]" " "&"" " D=[lambda_1, lambda_2,lambda_3]

"where"" " vecx_n" " "are eigenvectors"

500

Find the projection of 

vecu=[[3],[-13],[4]]" ""on"" " vecd=[[1],[-1],[3]]


What is

proj_vecdvecu=(vecucdotvecd)/normvecd^2vec d=

28/11[[1],[-1],[3]]"or" [[28/11],[-28/11],[84/11]]

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