Mathematics for Applied Sciences (Osnabrück 2011-2012)/Part I/Exercise sheet 5



Warm-up-exercises

  and   are the members of one family. In this case,   is three times as old as   and   together,   is older than  , and   is older than  , moreover, the age difference between   and   is twice as large as the difference between   and  . Furthermore,   is seven times as old as  , and the sum of the ages of all family members is equal to the paternal grandmother's age, which is  .


a) Set up a linear system of equations that expresses the conditions described.


b) Solve this system of equations.


Kevin pays  € for a winter bunch of flowers with   snowdrops and   mistletoes, and Jennifer pays  € for a bunch with   snowdrops and   mistletoes. How much does a bunch with one snowdrop and   mistletoes cost?


We look at a clock with hour and minute hands. Now it is 6 o'clock, so that both hands have opposite directions. When will the hands have opposite directions again?


Find a polynomial

 

with  , such that the following conditions hold.

 


Find a polynomial

 

with  , such that the following conditions hold.

 


Exhibit a linear equation for the straight line in  , which runs through the two points   and  .


Determine an equation for the secant of the function

 

to the points   and  .


Determine a linear equation for the plane in  , where the three points

 

lie.


Given a complex number

 

find its inverse complex number with the help of a real system of linear equations, with two equations in two variables.


Solve, over the complex numbers, the linear system of equations

 


Let   be the field with two elements. Solve in   the inhomogeneous linear system

 


Show by an example that the linear system given by three equations I, II, III is not equivalent to the linear system given by the three equations I-II, I-III, II-III.




Hand-in-exercises

Exercise (4 marks)

Solve the following system of inhomogeneous linear equations.

 



Exercise (3 marks)

Consider in   the two planes

 

Determine the intersecting line  .



Exercise (3 marks)

Determine a linear equation for the plane in  , where the three points

 

lie.



Exercise (3 marks)

Find a polynomial

 

with  , such that the following conditions hold.

 



Exercise (4 marks)

We consider the linear system

 

over the real numbers, depending on the parameter  . For which   does the system of equations have no solution, one solution, or infinitely many solutions?