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1. 5 points each State whether the following are true or false, and justify all of your answers. a. Let A be a 3×3 matrix with eigenvectors v1 , v2 , v3 . A is diagonalizable. Solution: TRUE. These vectors are linearly independent since: ~ ~ the columns are linearly independent. Thus we have 3 linearly independent eigenvectors for a 3×3 matrix, which implies that A is diagonalizable by The Diagonalization Theorem. b. det ATA ≥ 0. Solution: TRUE. det ATA det AT det A since det AB det A det B det A det A since det A det AT det A 2 ≥ 0 since det A R c. It is possible