<exercise checkit-seed="0010" 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}
x_{1} + 2 \, x_{2} - 4 \, x_{3} - x_{4} \\
-2 \, x_{1} - 3 \, x_{2} + 6 \, x_{3}
\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 & 2 & -3 & -3
\end{array}\right] .</me>
Compute <m>T\left( \left[\begin{array}{c}
-7 \\
-7 \\
-2 \\
2
\end{array}\right] \right)</m>.
</li>
</ol>
</statement>
<answer>
<ol>
<li>
<me> \left[\begin{array}{cccc}
1 & 2 & -4 & -1 \\
-2 & -3 & 6 & 0
\end{array}\right] </me>
</li>
<li>
<me>T\left( \left[\begin{array}{c}
-7 \\
-7 \\
-2 \\
2
\end{array}\right] \right)= \left[\begin{array}{c}
-21
\end{array}\right] </me>
</li>
</ol>
</answer>
</exercise>