<exercise checkit-seed="0009" checkit-slug="A2" checkit-title="Standard matrices">
<statement>
<ol>
<li>Find the standard matrix for the linear transformation
<m>S:\mathbb{R}^4 \to \mathbb{R}^2</m> given by
<me>S\left( \left[\begin{array}{c}
x_{1} \\
x_{2} \\
x_{3} \\
x_{4}
\end{array}\right] \right) = \left[\begin{array}{c}
4 \, x_{1} + x_{2} - 7 \, x_{3} - 6 \, x_{4} \\
3 \, x_{1} + x_{2} - 5 \, x_{3} - 4 \, x_{4}
\end{array}\right].</me>
</li>
<li>Let <m>T:\mathbb{R}^4 \to \mathbb{R}^1</m>
be the linear transformation given by the standard matrix
<me>\left[\begin{array}{cccc}
1 & 0 & -1 & 4
\end{array}\right].</me>
Compute <m>T\left(\left[\begin{array}{c}
1 \\
-2 \\
7 \\
-6
\end{array}\right]\right)</m>.
</li>
</ol>
</statement>
<answer>
<ol>
<li>
<me>\left[\begin{array}{cccc}
4 & 1 & -7 & -6 \\
3 & 1 & -5 & -4
\end{array}\right]</me>
</li>
<li>
<me>T\left(\left[\begin{array}{c}
1 \\
-2 \\
7 \\
-6
\end{array}\right]\right)=\left[\begin{array}{c}
-30
\end{array}\right]</me>
</li>
</ol>
</answer>
</exercise>