Construct a 2 × 2 matrix A such that the solution set of the equationAx = 0 is the line in R2 through (4, 1) and the origin. Then, find a vectorb in R2 such that the solution set of Ax = b is not a line in R2 parallelto the solution set of Ax = 0.
Question
Construct a 2 × 2 matrix A such that the solution set of the equationAx = 0 is the line in R2 through (4, 1) and the origin. Then, find a vectorb in R2 such that the solution set of Ax = b is not a line in R2 parallelto the solution set of Ax = 0.
Solution
First, let's construct a 2x2 matrix A such that the solution set of the equation Ax = 0 is the line in R2 through (4, 1) and the origin.
The line through (4, 1) and the origin can be represented by the equation y = 1/4x. This means that any point (x, y) on this line satisfies this equation.
We want to find a matrix A such that for any vector x = (x, y) on this line, Ax = 0.
A simple choice for A is:
A = [ 1 -4 ] [ 0 0 ]
You can verify that for any point (x, y) on the line y = 1/4x, Ax = 0.
Next, we want to find a vector b in R2 such that the solution set of Ax = b is not a line in R2 parallel to the solution set of Ax = 0.
This means we want to find a vector b such that the equation Ax = b has a solution set that is not a line parallel to y = 1/4x.
A simple choice for b is (0, 1). You can verify that the solution set of Ax = b, with A as defined above and b = (0, 1), is not a line parallel to y = 1/4x.
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