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Matrix PYQ

1. Find the minor and cofactor for each element in the first column of the given matrix B. Determine the determinant of B. 2. Find all possible 2x2 matrices A in the given form such that A^2 = I, where a and b are real numbers. 3. Given matrix A, find values of m and n such that A^2 + mA + nI = 0, and deduce the inverse of A.

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Matrix PYQ

1. Find the minor and cofactor for each element in the first column of the given matrix B. Determine the determinant of B. 2. Find all possible 2x2 matrices A in the given form such that A^2 = I, where a and b are real numbers. 3. Given matrix A, find values of m and n such that A^2 + mA + nI = 0, and deduce the inverse of A.

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Topic 5: Matrices

4 1 5
3 2 7
1 3 6
¿
righ
¿
¿
¿
( ¿) (¿) ¿

1. Given a matrix B =¿ ¿
¿ , find the minor and the cofactor for each element on
the first column. Hence, find the determinant of B. [6 marks]
a 1
0 b
¿
righ
¿
¿
¿

2. If I is an identity matrix of 2 ¿ 2, find all possible matrices in the form


( ¿) ¿
A= ¿ ¿
¿

2
such that A =I where a and b are real numbers. [6
marks]
3 1 1
1 3 1
1 1 3
¿
righ
¿
¿
¿
( ¿) ( ¿) ¿

3. Given a matrix A =¿ ¿
¿ . Find the values of m and n so that
2
A + mA +nI =0 where I is an identity matrix of 3 ¿ 3 and 0 is a null matrix of 3
¿ 3. By using the values of m and n,
a) deduce the inverse of A.
3
b) show that A =39 A−70 I .
[10 marks]
1 a
b 4
¿
righ
¿
¿
¿

4. Given that matrix where a and b are positive integers. Find the values
( ¿ ) ¿
A = ¿ ¿
¿

2
of a and b where a < 3 such that A −5 A−2 I=0, I is an identity matrix of 2 ¿
2.
[6 marks]

( )
1 0 −1
A= 3 x−2 4
5. a) Given a matrix , 1 1 x −3 . If |A|=−3 and x > 0 , find the
values of

i) x ii) |AT| iii) |A2|

( ) ( )
2 1 1 3 −1 −1
−1
B= 3 2 1 B = −4 2 1
b) Given a matrix 2 1 2 and the inverse, −1 0 1 . Find
a

( )
6 4 4
B 2 +BX= 10 8 6 .
matrix X if 8 3 5

JR_8/2018
[12 marks]

6. a) Let matrix
A= [ ]
6 −4
1 0 2
. If A − pA−qI=0 where p and q are real numbers,
I is
a 2×2 identity matrix and 0 is a 2×2 null matrix, find p and q . [4 marks]

b) Given a matrix equation AX = B as

[ ][ ] [ ]
1 −1 −3 x 2
2 −1 −4 y = 3
1 1 −1 z 1

i. Find the determinant of matrix A [2 marks]

ii. Given the cofactor matrix of


[
5 p 3
A= −4 2 −2
q −2 1 ]
, find p and q. [2 marks]
iii. Determine the adjoint matrix of A and hence find the inverse of A. [2 marks]

[ ]
x2 x 1
A= y 2 y 1
7. a) Show that the determinant of the matrix z2 z 1 is (y – x)(z – x)(y – z)
for
real x, y and z. [3 marks]

( )
1 1 1
4 2 1
b) By substituting x = 1, y = 2 and z = 3, the matrix A becomes 9 3 1 . Find the
adjoint and inverse of the matrix A. [6 marks]

8. Given
−1 0 −2

−1 1 0 [
A= 2 1 0 , B= −1 0
1 −1

2 −1
T
] [ ] and
[
C=
2 −1 0
3 0 −1 ] .
a) Find matrix D= A−( BC ) [5
marks]
b) Show that |AD|=|DA| . [7 marks]

JR_8/2018
[ ] [
1 −2
P= 1 1
9. If 0 −1 and
Q=
1 0 −1
0 −1 0
, ]
find matrix R such that

marks]
[ ]0 2 2
R+2( PQ)= −2 4 3 .
−4 5 3 [5

[ ]
−1 0 0
1 1
−1 −

[ ]
−2 0 0 B= 5 5 .
A= −4 6 −2 2 3
−1 − −
10. Given 6 −4 −2 and
5 5 Show that AB=kI
where k
−1
is a constant and I is an identity matrix. Find the value of k and hence, obtain A .
[5 marks]

11. Given that


[ ]
1 a 2
A= 2 1 2 ,
2 2 b where a and b are constants.

a) If |A|=−13, evaluate the determinant of matrix


determinant properties.
−2 −4 −4
a 1 2
2 2 b [ ] using
[4 marks]
2
b) Given that A −4 A=5 I , where I is a 3×3 identity matrix. Show that a = 2 and
−1
b = 1. Hence, find A . [9
marks]

Suggested answers:

1. i) M11 = −9, C11 = −9 M21 = −9, C21 = 9 M31 = −3, C31 = −3 ii) |B| = −12

2.
(
A= 1 1 or −1 1
0 −1 0 1 ) ( ) 3. m = −7, n = 10 ,
A−1 =
1
10
( 7 I− A )
4. a = 2, b = 3

( )
−4 1 1
−11 4 3
T 2
5. a) x = 4 , |A |=−3, |A |=9 b) 5 −3 −2
6. a) p = 6, q = −4

JR_8/2018
( )
−2.5 2 −0.5
−1
A = 1 −1 1
b) i. |A| = −2 ii. p = −2, q = 1 iii. −1.5 1 −0.5

( ) ( )
−1 2 −1 0.5 −1 0.5
−1
Adj( A )= 5 −8 3 A = −2.5 4 −1.5
7. a) prove b) −6 6 2 3 −3 1

[ ] [ ]
0 2 −3 −2 −2 4
3 0 2 −4 6 5
8. a) −2 1 −1 9. −4 3 3

[ ]
−0.5 0 0
−0.5 0.1 −0.1
10. a) k = 2 b) −0.5 −0.2 −0.3

[ ]
−0. 6 0 .4 0. 4
0.4 −0.6 0. 4
11. a) 26 b) 0.4 0 .4 −0.6

JR_8/2018

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