Matrix Representations

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Which of the following matrices represents a rotation of 45 degrees about the origin in the $xy$-plane?

  1. $$\begin{bmatrix} \cos 45° & -\sin 45° \ \sin 45° & \cos 45° \end{bmatrix}$$

  2. $$\begin{bmatrix} \cos 45° & \sin 45° \ -\sin 45° & \cos 45° \end{bmatrix}$$

  3. $$\begin{bmatrix} \cos 45° & 0 \ 0 & \cos 45° \end{bmatrix}$$

  4. $$\begin{bmatrix} \cos 45° & 0 \ 0 & -\cos 45° \end{bmatrix}$$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} \cos 45° & -\sin 45° \ \sin 45° & \cos 45° \end{bmatrix}$$ represents a rotation of 45 degrees about the origin in the $xy$-plane because it satisfies the following equation: $$\begin{bmatrix} x' \ y' \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} \cos 45° & -\sin 45° \ \sin 45° & \cos 45° \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} x \ y \end{bmatrix}$$, where $$(x', y')$$ are the coordinates of a point after the rotation and $$(x, y)$$ are the coordinates of the point before the rotation.

Which of the following matrices represents a reflection about the $x$-axis?

  1. $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \ 0 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$$

  2. $$\begin{bmatrix} -1 & 0 \ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$

  3. $$\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 \ 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$$

  4. $$\begin{bmatrix} 0 & -1 \ -1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \ 0 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$$ represents a reflection about the $x$-axis because it satisfies the following equation: $$\begin{bmatrix} x' \ y' \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \ 0 & -1 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} x \ y \end{bmatrix}$$, where $$(x', y')$$ are the coordinates of a point after the reflection and $$(x, y)$$ are the coordinates of the point before the reflection.

Which of the following matrices represents a shear transformation that maps the line $y = x$ to the line $y = 2x$?

  1. $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$

  2. $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \ 1 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$

  3. $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 0 \ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$

  4. $$\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 \ 1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$ represents a shear transformation that maps the line $y = x$ to the line $y = 2x$ because it satisfies the following equation: $$\begin{bmatrix} x' \ y' \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} x \ y \end{bmatrix}$$, where $$(x', y')$$ are the coordinates of a point after the shear transformation and $$(x, y)$$ are the coordinates of the point before the shear transformation.

Which of the following matrices represents a projection onto the $x$-axis?

  1. $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \ 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$$

  2. $$\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 \ 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$$

  3. $$\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 0 \ 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$$

  4. $$\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 0 \ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \ 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$$ represents a projection onto the $x$-axis because it satisfies the following equation: $$\begin{bmatrix} x' \ y' \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \ 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} x \ y \end{bmatrix}$$, where $$(x', y')$$ are the coordinates of a point after the projection and $$(x, y)$$ are the coordinates of the point before the projection.

Which of the following matrices represents a change of basis from the standard basis to the basis $${\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 2 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 3 \ 4 \end{bmatrix}}$$?

  1. $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 3 \ 2 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$

  2. $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$

  3. $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \ 4 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$

  4. $$\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 2 \ 4 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 3 \ 2 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$ represents a change of basis from the standard basis to the basis $${\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 2 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 3 \ 4 \end{bmatrix}}$$ because it satisfies the following equation: $$\begin{bmatrix} x' \ y' \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 3 \ 2 & 4 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} x \ y \end{bmatrix}$$, where $$(x', y')$$ are the coordinates of a point in the new basis and $$(x, y)$$ are the coordinates of the point in the old basis.

Which of the following matrices represents the inverse of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \ 4 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$$?

  1. $$\begin{bmatrix} -5 & 3 \ 4 & -2 \end{bmatrix}$$

  2. $$\begin{bmatrix} 5 & -3 \ -4 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$$

  3. $$\begin{bmatrix} -2 & -3 \ -4 & -5 \end{bmatrix}$$

  4. $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & -3 \ -4 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} -5 & 3 \ 4 & -2 \end{bmatrix}$$ represents the inverse of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \ 4 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$$ because it satisfies the following equation: $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \ 4 & 5 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} -5 & 3 \ 4 & -2 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$

Which of the following matrices represents the transpose of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$?

  1. $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 3 \ 2 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$

  2. $$\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 1 \ 4 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$$

  3. $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 1 \ 4 & 3 \end{bmatrix}$$

  4. $$\begin{bmatrix} 4 & 2 \ 3 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 3 \ 2 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$ represents the transpose of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$ because it is obtained by interchanging the rows and columns of the original matrix.

Which of the following matrices represents the determinant of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \ 4 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$$?

  1. $$-2$$

  2. $$2$$

  3. $$-10$$

  4. $$10$$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The determinant of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \ 4 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$$ is $$-2$$ because it is calculated by subtracting the product of the elements on the main diagonal from the product of the elements on the other diagonal.

Which of the following matrices represents the trace of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \ 4 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$$?

  1. $$7$$

  2. $$9$$

  3. $$11$$

  4. $$13$$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The trace of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \ 4 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$$ is $$7$$ because it is calculated by adding the elements on the main diagonal.

Which of the following matrices represents the rank of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \ 5 & 6 \end{bmatrix}$$?

  1. $$1$$

  2. $$2$$

  3. $$3$$

  4. $$4$$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The rank of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \ 5 & 6 \end{bmatrix}$$ is $$2$$ because it is the maximum number of linearly independent rows or columns in the matrix.

Which of the following matrices represents the null space of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$?

  1. $${\begin{bmatrix} -2 \ 1 \end{bmatrix}}$$

  2. $${\begin{bmatrix} 2 \ -1 \end{bmatrix}}$$

  3. $${\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 0 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 0 \ 1 \end{bmatrix}}$$

  4. $${\begin{bmatrix} 0 \ 0 \end{bmatrix}}$$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The null space of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$ is $${\begin{bmatrix} -2 \ 1 \end{bmatrix}}$$ because it is the set of all vectors that are orthogonal to the row space of the matrix.

Which of the following matrices represents the column space of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$?

  1. $${\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 3 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 2 \ 4 \end{bmatrix}}$$

  2. $${\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 2 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 3 \ 4 \end{bmatrix}}$$

  3. $${\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 0 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 0 \ 1 \end{bmatrix}}$$

  4. $${\begin{bmatrix} 0 \ 0 \end{bmatrix}}$$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The column space of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$ is $${\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 3 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 2 \ 4 \end{bmatrix}}$$ because it is the set of all linear combinations of the columns of the matrix.

Which of the following matrices represents the row space of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$?

  1. $${\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 3 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 2 \ 4 \end{bmatrix}}$$

  2. $${\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 2 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 3 \ 4 \end{bmatrix}}$$

  3. $${\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 0 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 0 \ 1 \end{bmatrix}}$$

  4. $${\begin{bmatrix} 0 \ 0 \end{bmatrix}}$$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The row space of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$ is $${\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 2 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 3 \ 4 \end{bmatrix}}$$ because it is the set of all linear combinations of the rows of the matrix.

Which of the following matrices represents the eigenvalues of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \ 4 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$$?

  1. $${2, 5}$$

  2. $${2, 7}$$

  3. $${3, 4}$$

  4. $${3, 5}$$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The eigenvalues of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \ 4 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$$ are $$2$$ and $$7$$ because they are the roots of the characteristic polynomial of the matrix.

Which of the following matrices represents the eigenvectors of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \ 4 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$$?

  1. $${\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 2 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 3 \ 4 \end{bmatrix}}$$

  2. $${\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 1 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 2 \end{bmatrix}}$$

  3. $${\begin{bmatrix} 2 \ 1 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 3 \ 2 \end{bmatrix}}$$

  4. $${\begin{bmatrix} 2 \ 3 \end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 4 \ 5 \end{bmatrix}}$$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The eigenvectors of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \ 4 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$$ are $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 1 \end{bmatrix}$$ and $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 \ 2 \end{bmatrix}$$ because they are the vectors that are not changed by the matrix except for a scalar multiple.

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