CPP - SANKALP_MAT & DET-03-PH-VII

CPP
MATRICES & DETERMINANTS – SHEET - 3
Brief introduction to determinants [Submatrix, determinant of a square matrix, Minors, co-factors]
transpose of a determinant, singular and non singular matrices]

Level-1
LM4 1OP
If A = 2 3 , then find the value |A|.
1.
N Q
1 0
2. Find the Cofactor of element 2 in Determinant .
2 2

1 2 1
2 3 3
3. Find the cofactor of element 0 in Determinant
4 0 4

a 5x p 3a 3b c
4. If b 10 y 5 = 125, then find the value of x 2y z .
c 15 z 15 p 5 5

LM1 3 2OP
5. If A = MM2 k 5PP is a singular matrix, then find the value of k.
N 4 2 1Q
If A =
LM1 2OP and B = LM3 4OP then find (AB)T.
6.
N3 0Q N 1 6Q

If A = 7
LM 2 1 OP 4 1 LM OP then find BTAT.
7.
N 4 Q
and B =
7 2 N Q
 7 8 6  8 9 11
   
8. Verify (A + B) = A + B for the matrics A   8 5 9  and B  1 2 3 
 4 6 7   6 8 2 

9. If A an B are non-singular matrices of same order, then show that AB and BA are also non-
singular matrices of same order.

Level-2
1. In a square matrix A of order 3 the elements, ai i's are the sum of the roots of the equation
x2 – (a + b)x + ab = 0; ai , i + 1's are the product of the roots, ai , i – 1's are all unity and the rest of the elements
are all zero. Find the value of the det. (A) in terms of a & b.

2. Let Dk is the k × k matrix with 0's in the main diagonal, unity as the element of 1st row and  f (k ) th column
and k for all other entries. If f (x) = x – {x} where {x} denotes the fractional part function then find the value
of det. (D2) + det. (D3).

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 l m n
3. Let A = p q r  and B = A 2.
1 1 1 
 
If (l – m)2 + (p – q)2 = 9, (m – n)2 + (q – r)2 = 16, (n – l)2 + (r – p)2 = 25,
then find the value of det. B.

4. If A is a non singular maxrix satisfying AB – BA = A, then prove that det. (B + I) = det. (B – I)

5. If A is a non-diagonal involutory matrix, then prove that A –  is non zero singular.

a b
6. If A = c d  then prove that value of f and g satisfying the maxtrix equation A2 + f A + g I = O are equal
 
to – t r (A) and determinant of A respectively. Given a, b, c, d are non zero reals and
1 0 0 0
I = 0 1 ; O = 0 0 .
   

7. Let A = [aij]3×3 be a matrix such that AAT = 4I and 2aij + cij = 0 and | A + I |  0 where cij is the cofactor
of aij  i and j and I is the unit matrix of order 3 and A + I is non-singular.
a11  4 a12 a13 a11  1 a12 a13
If a 21 a 22  4 a 23  5 a 21 a 22  1 a 23  0 , then find the value of 100 .
a 31 a 32 a 33  4 a 31 a 32 a 33  1

1  1  1 
Let M be a 2 × 2 matrix such that M   =   and M2   =   . If x1 and x2 (x1 > x2) are
1
8.
1  2   1 0
the two values of x for which det(M – xI) = 0, where I is an identity matrix of order 2 then find the value
of (5x1 + 2x2).

9. If the product of two non-zero square matrices is a zero matrix, show that both of them nust be singular
matrices.

ANSWER KEY (MATRICES & DETERMINANTS – SHEET - 3)

1. 10
LM 5 9 OP
2. – 1 3. – 5 4. 25 5. – 8 6.
N16 12Q
LM1 0OP
7.
N0 1Q
Level-2
1. (a2 + b2)(a + b) 2. 34 3. 144 6. f = – (a + d) ; g = ad – bc 7. 160
8. 8

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