Matrices, Vectors and Applications Homework

Section 4.2 Linear Combinations

Problems 1(a, c), 2(a, c, d), 3(a, c), 4(a, c), 5(a, c), 6(a, c, d), 7(a, c), 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16,
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Linear Combinations in Rn
1. Determine whether the first vector is a linear combination of the other vectors. If it is, give the
combination.

(a) (−1, 7); (1, −1), (2, 4) (c) (−1, 15); (−1, 4), (2, −8)

2. Determine whether the first vector is a linear combination of the other vectors. If it is, give the
combination.
(a) (−3, 3, 7); (1, −1, 2), (2, 1, 0), (−1, 2, 1)

(c) (2, 7, 13); (1, 2, 3), (−1, 2, 4), (1, 6, 10)

(d) (0, 10, 8); (−1, 2, 3), (1, 3, 1), (1, 8, 5)

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3. Give two vectors that are linear combinations of the following vectors.

(a) (1, 2), (3, −5) (c) (1, −3, 5), (0, 1, 2)

Spanning Sets
4. Show that the following sets of vectors span R2. Express the vector (3, 5) in terms of each
spanning set.

(a) (1, 1), (1, −1) (c) (1, 3), (3, 10)

5. Show that the following sets of vectors span R3. Express the vector (1, 3, −2) in terms of each
spanning set.

(a) (1, 2, 3), (−1, −1, 0), (2, 5, 4) (c) (5, 1, 3), (2, 0, 1), (−2, −3, −1)

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6. Determine whether the following vectors span R2.

(a) (1, −3), (2, −5) (d) (3, 2), (1, 1)

(c) (−3, 1), (3, −1)

7. Determine whether the following vectors span R3.

(a) (1, 1, 0), (−1, 1, 0), (0, 0, 3)

(c) (1, 2, 0), (−1, 3, 0), (2, 5, 0)

Subspaces Defined by Spanning Sets

8. Give three other vectors in the subspace of R3 generated by the vectors (1, 2, 3) and (1, 2, 0).

10. Give three other vectors in the subspace of R3 generated by the vectors (1, 2, 3). Sketch the
subspace.

13. Give three other vectors in the subspace of R4 generated by the vector (1, 2, −1, 3)

14. Give three other vectors in the subspace of R4 generated by the vectors (2, 1, −3, 4), (−3, 0, 1,
5), (4, 1, 2, 0).

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Spaces of Matrices and Functions
15. In each of the following, determine whether the first matrix is a linear combination of the
matrices that follow:
(a) 575-10; 123-4, 0312, 1200

(b) 76-5-3; 3011, 0134, 1200

(c) 41710; 1111, 3100, -1-123

16. In each of the following, determine whether the first matrix is a linear combination of the
matrices that follow:
(a) fx=3x2+2x+9; gx=x2+1, hx=x+3

(b) fx=2x2+x-3; gx=x2-x+1, hx=x2+2x-2

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(c) fx=x2+4x+5; gx=x2+x-1, hx=x2+2x+1

17. (a) Is the function fx=x+5 in the vector space Span g, h generated by gx=x+1 and hx=x+3?

(b) Is the function fx=3x2+5x+1 in the vector space Span g, h generated by gx=2x2+3 and
hx=x2+3x-1?

(c) Give three other functions in the vector space Span g, h generated by gx=2x2+3 and hx=x2+3x-
1?