Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-13311-087-8
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Chapter 6 - Linear Transformations - Review Exercises - Page 337: 3

Answer

$T(-3,2,5)=(0,-1,7)$ The pre-image is $\{(2-y,y,5-y):\text{y is real}\}$ (Other parametrizations are possible.)

Work Step by Step

We know that $T(v_1,v_2,v_3)=(0,v_1+v_2,v_2+v_3)$ Thus $T(-3,2,5)=(0,-3+2,2+5)=(0,-1,7)$ Let $(x,y,z)$ be the pre-image of $(0,2,5)$. Then $T(x,y,z)=(0,x+y,y+z)=(0,2,5)$. Thus $x+y=2\\x=2-y$ $\quad$ $y+z=5\\z=5-y$. From this we get $x=2-y,y=y,z=5-y.$ So the pre-image is $\{(2-y,y,5-y):\text{y is real}\}$
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