ASSIGNMENT CLASS XII MATRICES

(i  2 j ) 2
1. Construct a 2  3 matrix A , 3  2 matrix B , whose elements are given by aij  .
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 2 3 5  1 3 5 
2. If A   1 4 5  and B   1 3 5 , show that AB  BA  O3 3 .
   
 1 3 4  1 3 5 
 2 3 1 0  2
3. If A  
1 2  and I  
0 1  , then (i) find  ,  so that A   A   I
   
3 2
(ii) prove A  4 A  A  O .
 cos  sin    cos 2 sin 2 
4. (a) If A    , then show that A2   .
  sin  cos     sin 2 cos 2 
 cos  i sin  
(b) If A    , then prove by mathematical induction that
i sin  cos  
 cos n i sin n 
An    , n N .
i sin n cos n 
 n( n  1) 
 1 n
1 1 1 2 
 
(c) If A  0 1 1 , prove by mathematical induction that An  0 1 n  , n N
 
0 0 1 0 0 1 
 
 
5. Express the following matrices as the sum of symmetric and a skew-symmetric matrix:

 3 1 0   1 3 5  6 1 5
3 4 
(a)   (b)  2 0 3  (c)  6 8 3 (d)  2 5 4 
1 1 1 1 2   4 6 5  3 3 1

6.(a) Find the matrix C , such that A  B  C is a zero matrix, where

 1 2  3 2 
(b) Find a matrix X such that 2 A  B  X  0 , where A    , B .
 3 4 1 5 

7. From the following equation, find the values of x and y :

x 5  3 4   7 14   x  10 y 2  2 y  3 x  4 3 
(a) 2    (b)  
7 y  3 1 2  15 14   0 4   0 y  5 y 
2
  1 2  2 1  3 1 
8. If A    ,B  and C    , verify that :
 2 3   2 3  2 0
(i ) ( A  B )'  A'  B ' (ii ) ( AB)'  B ' A ' (iii ) ( AB)C  A( BC )
(iv ) A( B  C )  AB  AC
 4 1 
9. (a) If A    , find f ( A) if f ( x)  x 2  2 x  3 .
 3 2
3 4
(b) A    , find f ( A) if f ( x)  x 2  5 x  7
 4 3
 3 4 
(c) If A    , find a matrix B such that AB  I .
 1 2 

2 3
(d) If A    , prove that A3  4 A2  A  0 .
1 2 

 1 0
(e) If A    , find k such that A2  8 A  kI  0.
 1 7 

 3 5 
(f) If A    , prove that A2  5 A  14 I  0.
 4 2 

 2 1 5 2  2 5
10. Let A    ,B  ,C    .Find a matrix D such that CD  AB  0 .
3 4  7 4 3 8

1 1
 2 1 3
11. (a) If A    and B   0 2  , verify that ( AB ) '  B ' A '.
 
 4 1 0  5 0 
2 4 5 4 
(b) If A    and B    , verify that ( AB) '  B ' A '.
3 5  3 2 
12. Using elementary transformations, find the inverse of the following matrices:
1 2 3  2 1 4 
 2 1  2 3  
(a) A    (b) A    (c) A   2 5 7  (d) A   4 0 2 
 4 7 3 4 
 2 4 5  3 2 7 
 ANSWERS

1 9
 3   5 
 1 9 25   2 2   3   0
  2  2
1.  2 2 2  ,  0 2  3.   4,    1 5. (a)    
   3   5
0 2 8   1 1  1 0
   2   2 
2 2
 1 1  3 1 
 3 0  3 1   9 9
2 2  2 2  1
2 2   0
2 2
       
1 3
(b)  0 1  0 2 (c)  3 8 9    9 0 3 
2  2  2 2  2 2
1  1  1   
 9 9 3
1 2  2 0   5  0
 2   2   2 2   2 2 
 1   3 
6 2
4  0
2
1
     4 1 0   1 2 
(d)  1 5 7    3 0 1  6.(a)   (b) X   
2 2 2 2  3 1 1  7 13
   
 4 7 1  1 1 0 
 2   2 
 30 4  15 20 
7. (a) x  2, y  9 (b) x  3, y 1 9.(a) f ( A)    (b) f ( A)   
 12 6   20 15 
 7 1 
1 2  10 10 
 191 110 
(c) B   1 3 (e) k  7 10.  12.(a) A 1
  
   77 44   2 1 
2 2
 5 5 
 1 
 2 1
 3 2 1  2
1  4 3  4 1 1  
(b) A1    (c) A 1
 (d) A 1
  11 1 6 
17  3 2   
 2 0 1   1 
4 2 
 2 