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The University of the South Pacific

Serving the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomons Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, and Vanuatu

Faculty of Science, Technology & Environment


School of Computing, Information and Mathematical Sciences
MA111: Calculus 1 & Linear Algebra 1

TEST 1 - SEMESTER 2, 2018


Time Allowed: 50 minutes

Total Marks: 35

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. There are 2 questions and ALL are compulsory. Start each question on a
new page.

2. There are two (2) pages (including this cover page) in this test paper.

3. Marks for each question are as indicates.

4. Show all necessary working. Partial marks will be awarded for partially
correct answers.

Question 1 ((3 + 3) + (3 + 3 + 3) + 3 = 18 marks)


(a) Find the value(s) of the constant k such that the system of linear equations:

4x + ky = 6,
kx + y = −3

has

(i) infinitely many solution;


(ii) no solution
MA111 Short Test 1 Semester 2, 2018

(b) Consider the matrices


 
    3 −2
1 3 −3 1
A= , B= , and C =  −4 −3
2 −2 −1 2
5 −3
Compute the following:
(i) −2B2 + 3A
 T
(ii) − A B−1 B
(iii) BC T

(c) Show that


x 0 c
−1 x b = ax2 + bx + c.


0 −1 a

Question 2 ((2 + 3 + 3) + (5 + 2 + 2) = 17 marks)


(a) Consider the following system of linear equations.
2x + 3y = 5
x + 4y = 10
(i) Write the system in the form Ax=b.
(ii) Find the inverse A−1 .
(iii) Use A−1 to find x.

(b) Solve the linear system


x+z = 3
2x + y + 2z = 7
3x + 2y + 6z = 8
using the following steps:
(i) find the LU-factorization of the coefficient matrix,
(ii) solve the lower triangular system Ly = b, and
(iii) solve the upper triangular system Ux = y.

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