PreCalculus Tw0 –

Quiz Two NAME ______________________

Problem One (10 points)

i) Use matrices to find the area of the triangle with vertices (1, 1), (2, 4), and
(4, 2).
1 1 1
4 1 2 1 2 4 1
A 12 2 4 1 12  1 1 1   2 
( 2)  ( 12) 
 2 1 4 1 4 2 2
4 2 1
12 (8) 4
ii) Use matrices to determine whether the points (1, 2), (3, 4), and (5, 6) are
collinear.
1 2 1
4 1 3 1 3 4
3 4 1 1 2 1 0; collinear .
6 1 5 1 5 6
5 6 1

Problem Two (10 points)

For which values of x does the following matrix have an inverse?

1 0 2
1 0 2
 x 1 0 x
  0 x 1 1 2 x 2 x 2( x 2 ) x 2 x x( x 1) 0
0
 x 1  x x x x x x x

x x x
 
 x 0; x 1.

Problem Three (10 points)

Solve the following system of inequalities:

x 2 y 2 1
 2 2
( x 1) y 1
( x 1) 2 y 2 1


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PreCalculus Tw0 –
Quiz Two NAME ______________________

The origin (0, 0) is the only point shared by all three circles, and hence represents the
solution to the system.

Problem Four (10 points)

Evaluate the determinant of the following matrix:

a m q s

  b n r
0
 b n r a 0 c p a 
b

c p
a 
bcd abcd

0 0 c p  0 d
  0 0 d
0 0 0 d


Problem 5 (10 points)

Use matrices to find the equation of line passing through the given pair of points:

i) (2, 4) and (-1, 3)

x y 1
4 1 y 1 y 1
2 4 1 x 2 1 x 2( y 3) ( y 4) 
3 1 3 1 4 1
1 3 1
x 10 3 y 0  y 13 x 103 .

ii) (1, 1) and (-9, 5).

x y 1
1 1 y 1 y 1
1 1 1 x 1 9 4 x ( y 5) 9( y 1) 
5 1 5 1 1 1
9 5 1
4 x 14 10 y 0  y 52 x 75 .

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