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MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS CLASS XIITH MATHS [WORK-SHEET]
1. Find cofactor of a
12
in the following :-
7 5 1
4 0 6
5 3 2

(ans. 46)
2. For what value of x, is the following matrix singular?
1
]
1

+
4 2
1 2 3 x x
(Ans. 1)
3. A matrix A of order 3 x 3 has determinant 4. Find the value of
A 6
(Ans. 864)
4. If A =
1
]
1

7 1
0 1
and I =
,
1 0
0 1
1
]
1

then find k so that A

2
8A (Ans. K = 7)
5. Construct a 2 x 2 matrix A =
[ ], aij
whose elements are given by aij = .
2
) 2 (
2
j i +
[Ans.
1
1
]
1

18 8
2
25
2
9
.
6. Find a 2 x 2 matrix B such that B
1
]
1

1
]
1

6 0
0 6
4 1
2 1
. Ans.
1
]
1

1 1 1
2 4
7. Express the matrix A =
,
2 7 0
8 5 4
0 6 3
1
1
1
]
1

as the sum of symmetric and skew symmetric matrix.

1
]
1

+ + ) ' (
2
1
) ' (
2
1
: int A A A A A H
8. Prove without opening
(i)

,
_

+ + +
+
+
+
c b a
abc
c
b
a
1 1 1
1
1 1 1
1 1 1
1 1 1
(ii)
) ( ) ( ) ( ) (
2 2 2
z y x x z z y y x
y x x z z y
z y x
z y x
+ +
+ + +
(iii)
Z Y X
R Q p
c b a
y x x z z y
q p p r r q
b a a c c b
2
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +
(IV)
3
) ( 2
2
2
2
c b a
b a c a c
b a c b c
b a c b a
+ +
+ +
+ +
+ +
(v)
) ( 9
2
2
2
2
b a b
a b a b a
b a a b a
b a b a a
+
+ +
+ +
+ +
9. If x, y, z are different and
0
1
1
1
3 2
3 2
3 2

+
+
+
z y y
y y y
x x x
. show that xyz = -1
10. If A =
1
,
6 1 8
6 0 10
1 4 8

1
1
1
]
1

findA
Using A
-1
, solve the following system of equations:
8x 4y + z = 5
10x + 6z = 4 A
-1
=
1
1
1
]
1

40 40 10
38 40 12
24 25 6
10
1

8x + y + 6z =
2
5
Ans. x = 1, y =
) 1 ,
2
1
z
.
11. Given that A =
,
5 1 2
4 2 4
4 2 2
2 1 0
4 3 2
0 1 1
1
1
1
]
1

1
1
1
]
1

B and
find AB.
Use this to solve the following system of equation.
x y = 3
2x + 3y + 4z = 17
y + 2z = 7 [Ans. x = 2, y = -1, z = 4]
12. Solve for x, y, z
. 2
20 9 6
, 1
5 6 4
, 4
10 3 2
+ +

+ +
z z x z y x z y x
[Ans. x = 2, y = 3, z = 5 ]
13. Using elementary transformation, find the inverse of A
A =
1
1
1
]
1

7 2 3
2 0 4
4 1 2
Ans. =
1
1
1
1
1
]
1

7 2 3
2 0 4
4
2
1
2