ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FOR REVISION

CLASS XII : MATHEMATICS

TOPICS: MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS

PREPARED BY
M SRINIVASAN, PGT(MATHS), KVS
 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
1. Let 𝑨 = 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 , then 𝑨𝟓 − 𝑨𝟒 − 𝑨𝟑 + 𝑨𝟐 is equal to
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
a) 2 A b) 3A c) 4 A d) 0
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
𝑨= 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
𝑨𝟐 = 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
𝟏−𝟏+𝟏 −𝟏 + 𝟏 − 𝟏 𝟏−𝟏+𝟏
= 𝟏−𝟏+𝟏 −𝟏 + 𝟏 − 𝟏 𝟏−𝟏+𝟏
𝟏−𝟏+𝟏 −𝟏 + 𝟏 − 𝟏 𝟏−𝟏+𝟏
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
𝟐
𝑨𝟐 = 𝟏
𝟏
−𝟏
−𝟏
𝟏 =𝑨
𝟏
𝑨 =𝑨
 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
𝑨= 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 𝑨 𝟐 =𝑨
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
𝟑 𝟐 𝟑 𝟐 𝑨𝟑 =𝑨
𝑨 =𝑨 ×𝑨 ⟹ 𝑨 = 𝑨×𝑨= 𝑨
𝟒 𝟑 𝟒 𝟐 𝑨𝟒 =𝑨
𝑨 =𝑨 ×𝑨 ⟹ 𝑨 = 𝑨×𝑨= 𝑨
𝟓 𝟒 𝟓 𝟐 𝑨 𝟓 =𝑨
𝑨 = 𝑨 ×𝑨 ⟹𝑨 =𝑨×𝑨=𝑨
𝟓 𝟒 𝟑 𝟐
𝑨 −𝑨 −𝑨 +𝑨 = 𝑨 −𝑨−𝑨+𝑨
𝟓 𝟒 𝟑 𝟐
𝑨 −𝑨 −𝑨 +𝑨 =𝟎
𝒂) 𝟎
 𝜶 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎
2. If 𝑨 = ,𝑩 = , then the value of  for which 𝑨𝟐 = 𝑩 is
𝟏 𝟏 𝟓 𝟏
a) 1 b) -1 c) 4 d) no real values
𝜶 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎
𝑨= ,𝑩 =
𝟏 𝟏 𝟓 𝟏
𝜶 𝟎 𝜶 𝟎 𝟐 𝟐
𝟐
𝑨 = 𝟐
𝑨 = 𝜶 + 𝟏 𝟎 + 𝟎 = 𝜶 +𝟏 𝟎
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝜶+𝟏 𝟎+𝟏 𝜶+𝟏 𝟏
𝟐
𝟐
𝑨 =𝑩 𝜶 +𝟏 𝟎 = 𝟏 𝟎
𝜶+𝟏 𝟏 𝟓 𝟏
𝜶𝟐 + 𝟏 = 𝟏 𝜶 + 𝟏 = 𝟓 𝟐
𝜶 = 𝟎; 𝜶 = 𝟒
The equation is not satisfied by unique value of 

d) no real values
 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽
3. If 𝑨 = , then 𝑨𝑻 + 𝑨 = 𝑰𝟐 if
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽
𝝅 𝝅
a) 𝜽 = 𝒏𝝅, 𝒏 ∈ 𝒁 b) 𝜽 = 𝟐𝒏 + 𝟏 , 𝒏 ∈ 𝒁 c) 𝟐𝒏𝝅 ± , 𝒏 ∈ 𝒁 d) 0
𝟐 𝟑
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝑻 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽
𝑨= 𝑨 =
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 −𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽
𝑻 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝟏 𝟎
𝑨 + 𝑨 = 𝑰𝟐 + =
−𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 𝟎 𝟏
𝟐𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎
=
𝟎 𝟐𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 𝟎 𝟏
𝟏 𝝅
𝑪𝑶𝑺 𝜽 = 𝑪𝑶𝑺 𝜽 = 𝑪𝑶𝑺
𝟐 𝟑
𝝅
c) 𝟐𝒏𝝅 ± , 𝒏 ∈ 𝒁
𝟑
 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏
4. If 𝑨 = 𝟐 𝟑 𝟏 is non-singular then and aA, then the set A is
𝟑 𝒂 𝟏
a) R b){0} c) {4} d) R – {4}
𝟏 𝟐 𝟏
𝑨 = 𝟐 𝟑 𝟏 is non-singular, 𝑨 ≠ 𝟎
𝟑 𝒂 𝟏
𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟑 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
𝟐 𝟑 𝟏 ≠𝟎 𝑨 =𝟏 −𝟐 +𝟏 ≠𝟎
𝒂 𝟏 𝟑 𝟏 𝟑 𝒂
𝟑 𝒂 𝟏
𝟏 𝟑 − 𝒂 − 𝟐 𝟐 − 𝟑 + 𝟏 𝟐𝒂 − 𝟗 ≠ 𝟎
𝟑 − 𝒂 + 𝟐 + 𝟐𝒂 − 𝟗 ≠ 𝟎 ⟹ 𝟑 − 𝒂 + 𝟐 + 𝟐𝒂 − 𝟗 ≠ 𝟎
⟹𝒂 −𝟒≠𝟎 𝒂 ≠ 𝟒 a is a real number other than 4
d) R – {4}
 𝜶 −𝟐
5. If for a matrix 𝑨 = and 𝑨 𝟑 = 𝟏𝟐𝟓, then the value of  is
−𝟐 𝜶
a) ±𝟑 b) ± 𝟓 c) ±𝟏 d) 1
𝜶 −𝟐
𝑨=
−𝟐 𝜶
𝜶 −𝟐 𝟐
𝑨 =
−𝟐 𝜶 =𝜶 −𝟒
𝟐 𝟑
𝟑 𝜶 − 𝟒 = 𝟏𝟐𝟓
𝑨 = 𝟏𝟐𝟓
𝟐 𝟐 𝜶 = ±𝟑
𝜶 −𝟒=𝟓 ⟹ 𝜶 = 𝟗

a) ± 𝟑
6. Assertion : If A and B are symmetric matrices of same order then (AB – BA) is
also a symmetric matrix
Reason : Any square matrix A is said to be symmetric matrix if A = AT
Assertion A and B are symmetric matrices of same order
𝑻 𝑻
𝑨 =𝑨; 𝑩 =𝑩
𝑻 = 𝑨𝑩 𝑻 − 𝑩𝑨 𝑻 = 𝑩𝑻 𝑨𝑻 − 𝑨𝑻 𝑩𝑻
𝑨𝑩 − 𝑩𝑨
= 𝑩𝑨 − 𝑨𝑩 = − 𝑨𝑩 − 𝑩𝑨
AB – BA is skew-symmetric Assertion is False
Reason Any square matrix A is said to be symmetric matrix if A = AT

Reason is True
d) A is False, R is True
7. Assertion : The points 𝑨 𝒂 , 𝒃 + 𝒄 , 𝑩 𝒃, 𝒄 + 𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪 𝒄, 𝒂 + 𝒃 are collinear
𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏 𝟏
Reason: Three points 𝑨 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 , 𝑩 𝒙𝟐 , 𝒚𝟐 , 𝑨 𝒙𝟑 , 𝒚𝟑 are collinear if 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝟏 =0
𝒂 𝒃+𝒄 𝟏 𝒛𝟏 𝒛𝟐 𝟏
𝟏
Assertion Area of ABC= 𝒃 𝒄 + 𝒂 𝟏 𝟐
𝒄 𝒂+𝒃 𝟏
𝟏 𝒄+𝒂 𝟏 𝒃 𝟏 𝒃 𝒄+𝒂
= 𝒂 − (𝐛 + 𝐜) +𝟏
𝟐 𝒂+𝒃 𝟏 𝒄 𝟏 𝒄 𝒂+𝒃
𝟏
= 𝒂 𝒄 + 𝒂 − 𝒂 + 𝒃 − 𝒃 + 𝒄 𝒃 − 𝒄 + 𝒃 𝒂 + 𝒃 − 𝒄(𝒄 + 𝒂)
𝟐
𝟏
= 𝒂(𝒄 − 𝒃) − 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒄𝟐 + 𝒃 𝒂 + 𝒃 − 𝒄(𝒄 + 𝒂)
𝟐
𝟏
= 𝒂𝒄 − 𝒂𝒃 − 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒄𝟐 + 𝒂𝒃 + 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒄𝟐 − 𝒂𝒄
𝟐 =𝟎
Area of ABC= 𝟎
The points 𝑨 𝒂 , 𝒃 + 𝒄 , 𝑩 𝒃, 𝒄 + 𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪 𝒄, 𝒂 + 𝒃 are collinear

Assertion is True
Reason
Three points 𝑨 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 , 𝑩 𝒙𝟐 , 𝒚𝟐 , 𝑨 𝒙𝟑 , 𝒚𝟑 are collinear if
Area of triangle ABC = 0
𝟏 𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏 𝟏 Reason
z
is True and it is correct
⟹ 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝟏 =𝟎
𝟐 𝒛
𝟏 𝒛𝟐 𝟏 explanation for Assertion
a) Both A and R are True and R is the correct
explanation of A
8. Find the non-zero value of 𝒙 satisfying the matrix equation
𝟐𝒙 𝟐 𝟖 𝟓𝒙 𝒙𝟐+𝟖 𝟐𝟒
𝒙 +𝟐 =𝟐
𝟑 𝒙 𝟒 𝟒𝒙 𝟏𝟎 𝟔𝒙
𝟐𝒙 𝟐 𝟖 𝟓𝒙 𝟐
𝒙 +𝟐 =𝟐 𝒙 + 𝟖 𝟐𝟒
𝟑 𝒙 𝟒 𝟒𝒙 𝟏𝟎 𝟔𝒙
𝟐𝒙𝟐 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟎𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔 𝟒𝟖
𝟑𝒙 𝒙𝟐 𝟖 𝟖𝒙 𝟐𝟎 𝟏𝟐𝒙
𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟐𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙𝟐
+ 𝟏𝟔 𝟒𝟖
𝟐 𝟐𝟎 𝟏𝟐𝒙
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟖 𝒙 + 𝟖𝒙
𝟐
⟹ 𝟏𝟐𝒙 = 𝟒𝟖 ; 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟖 = 𝟐𝟎; 𝒙 + 𝟖𝒙 = 𝟏𝟐𝒙
⟹ 𝒙 = 𝟒 ; 𝟑𝒙 = 𝟏𝟐; 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 = 𝟎
⟹ 𝒙 = 𝟒 ; 𝒙 = 𝟒; 𝒙 (𝒙 − 𝟒) = 𝟎
The non-zero value of 𝒙 satisfying the matrix equation is 𝒙 = 𝟒
9. Show that a square matrix which is both symmetric and skew-
symmetric is a null matrix
Let 𝑨 = 𝒂𝒊𝒋
A is symmetric matrix 𝑨 = 𝑨 𝑻

𝒂𝒊𝒋 = 𝒂𝒋𝒊 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊, 𝒋

A is skew-symmetric matrix 𝑨 = −𝑨 𝑻

𝒂𝒊𝒋 = −𝒂𝒋𝒊 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊, 𝒋 𝒂𝒋𝒊 = −𝒂𝒊𝒋 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊, 𝒋

 𝒂𝒊𝒋 = −𝒂𝒊𝒋 for all 𝒊, 𝒋  𝟐𝒂𝒊𝒋 =0 for all 𝒊, 𝒋
 𝒂𝒊𝒋 =0 for all 𝒊, 𝒋 All the elements are zeros
A is a null matrix
11. Find the equation of the line joining A(1 , 3) and B(0 , 0) using
determinants. Find 𝒌 if C(𝒌 , 0) is a point such that area of ABC is 3 units.
Consider a point 𝑪(𝒙 , 𝒚) in the line joining A(1 ,3) and B(0 , 0)
Area of triangle ABC formed by A(1 ,3) ,B(0 , 0), 𝑪 𝒙 , 𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟏 𝟏 𝟑 𝟏
⟹ 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 =𝟎
𝟐 𝒙 𝒚 𝟏
𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
 𝟏 −𝟑 +𝟏 =0
𝟐 𝒚 𝟏 𝒙 𝟏 𝒙 𝒚

𝟏 𝟎 − 𝒚 − 𝟑 𝟎 − 𝒙 + 𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎
Area of triangle ABC formed by A(1 ,3) ,B(0 , 0), 𝑪 𝒌 , 𝟎 = 𝟑

𝟏 𝟏 𝟑 𝟏
⟹ 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 =𝟑
𝟐
𝒌 𝟎 𝟏
𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
 𝟏 −𝟑 +𝟏 =𝟔
𝟎 𝟏 𝒌 𝟏 𝒌 𝟎

𝟏 𝟎 − 𝟎 − 𝟑 𝟎 − 𝒌 + 𝟎 = 𝟔
𝟑𝒌 = 𝟔

𝒌=𝟐
 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
11. If 𝑨 = 𝟐 −𝟏 𝟎 , show that 𝑨−𝟏 = 𝑨𝟐
𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
Given 𝑨−𝟏 = 𝑨𝟐
𝑨𝑨 −𝟏 = 𝑨𝑨 𝟐
𝟑
𝑰= 𝑨 To prove 𝑨 = 𝑰 𝟑

𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
𝑨𝟐 = 𝟐 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟐 −𝟏 𝟎
𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
𝟏−𝟐+𝟏 −𝟏 + 𝟏 + 𝟎 𝟏+𝟎+𝟎 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏
𝑨𝟐 = 𝟐 − 𝟐 + 𝟎 −𝟐 + 𝟏 + 𝟎 𝟐+𝟎+𝟎 = 𝟎 −𝟏 𝟐
𝟏+𝟎+𝟎 −𝟏 + 𝟎 + 𝟎 𝟏+𝟎+𝟎 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏
𝑨𝟐 = 𝟎 −𝟏 𝟐
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
𝑨𝟑 = 𝟎 −𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 −𝟏 𝟎
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
𝟎+𝟎+𝟏 𝟎+𝟎+𝟎 𝟎+𝟎+𝟎
𝑨𝟑 = 𝟎 − 𝟐 + 𝟐 𝟎+𝟏+𝟎 𝟎+𝟎+𝟎
𝟏−𝟐+𝟏 −𝟏 + 𝟏 + 𝟎 𝟏+𝟎+𝟎
𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
𝑨𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎  𝟑
𝑨 = 𝑰  −𝟏
𝑨 = 𝑨 𝟐
𝟎 𝟎 𝟏
 𝟎 𝟐𝒚 𝒛
12. Find 𝒙 , 𝒚 , 𝒛 if 𝑨 = 𝒙 𝒚 −𝒛 satisfies 𝑨′ = 𝑨−𝟏
𝒙 −𝒚 𝒛
Given 𝑨′ = 𝑨−𝟏
′ −𝟏
𝑨𝑨=𝑨 𝑨
Given 𝐀′ 𝐀 = 𝑰
𝟎 𝒙 𝒙 𝟎 𝟐𝒚 𝒛 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
𝟐𝒚 𝒚 −𝒚 𝒙 𝒚 −𝒛 = 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎
𝒛 −𝒛 𝒛 𝒙 −𝒚 𝒛 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏
𝟎 + 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝟐 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒙𝒚 −𝒙𝒛 + 𝒙𝒛 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
𝟎 + 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒙𝒚 𝟒𝒚𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 𝟐𝒚𝒛 − 𝒚𝒛 − 𝒚𝒛 = 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎
𝟎 − 𝒙𝒛 + 𝒙𝒛 𝟐𝒚𝒛 − 𝒚𝒛 − 𝒚𝒛 𝒛𝟐 + 𝒛𝟐 + 𝒛𝟐 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏
𝟎 + 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝟐 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒙𝒚 −𝒙𝒛 + 𝒙𝒛 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
𝟎 + 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒙𝒚 𝟒𝒚𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 𝟐𝒚𝒛 − 𝒚𝒛 − 𝒚𝒛 = 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎
𝟎 − 𝒙𝒛 + 𝒙𝒛 𝟐𝒚𝒛 − 𝒚𝒛 − 𝒚𝒛 𝒛𝟐 + 𝒛𝟐 + 𝒛𝟐 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏

𝟐𝒙𝟐 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
𝟎 𝟔𝒚𝟐 𝟎 = 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎
𝟎 𝟎 𝟑𝒛𝟐 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏

𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟐𝒙 = 𝟏 ; 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟏; 𝟑𝒛 = 𝟏
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝒙= ± ;𝒚 = ± ;𝒛 = ±
𝟐 𝟔 𝟑
 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
13. Show that the matrix 𝑨 = 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐 satisfies the equation
𝟐 𝟐 𝟏
𝑨𝟐 − 𝟒𝑨 − 𝟓𝑰 = 𝟎 and hence find 𝑨−𝟏 .
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
𝑨= 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 𝟏
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
𝑨𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝟏
𝟗 𝟖 𝟖
𝟏+𝟒+𝟒 𝟐+𝟐+𝟒 𝟐+𝟒+𝟐
𝑨𝟐 = 𝟐+𝟐+𝟒 𝟒+𝟏+𝟒 𝟒+𝟐+𝟐 = 𝟖 𝟗 𝟖
𝟐+𝟒+𝟐 𝟒+𝟐+𝟐 𝟒+𝟒+𝟏 𝟖 𝟖 𝟗
 𝟗 𝟖 𝟖 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
𝑨𝟐 = 𝟖 𝟗 𝟖 𝑨= 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐
𝟖 𝟖 𝟗 𝟐 𝟐 𝟏
𝟗 𝟖 𝟖 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
𝑨𝟐 − 𝟒𝑨 − 𝟓𝑰 = 𝟖 𝟗 𝟖 −𝟒 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟓 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎
𝟖 𝟖 𝟗 𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏
𝟗 𝟖 𝟖 𝟒 𝟖 𝟖 𝟓 𝟎 𝟎
= 𝟖 𝟗 𝟖 − 𝟖 𝟒 𝟖 − 𝟎 𝟓 𝟎
𝟖 𝟖 𝟗 𝟖 𝟖 𝟒 𝟎 𝟎 𝟓
𝟗−𝟒−𝟓 𝟖−𝟖−𝟎 𝟖−𝟖−𝟎
= 𝟖−𝟖−𝟖 𝟗−𝟒−𝟓 𝟖−𝟖−𝟎
𝟖−𝟖−𝟖 𝟖−𝟖−𝟎 𝟗−𝟓−𝟓
𝟐
𝑨 − 𝟒𝑨 − 𝟓𝑰 = 𝟎
𝑨𝟐 − 𝟒𝑨 − 𝟓𝑰 = 𝟎
𝟓𝑰 = 𝑨
−𝟒𝑨𝟐
−𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏 −𝟏
𝟓𝑰𝑨 = 𝑨 𝑨 − 𝟒 𝑨𝑨
−𝟏 𝟏
𝟓𝑨 = 𝑨 − 𝟒 𝑰 𝑨−𝟏 = 𝑨−𝟒𝑰
𝟓
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒 𝟎 𝟎
𝑨−𝟏 = 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟒 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 = 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐 − 𝟎 𝟒 𝟎
𝟓 𝟓
𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟒

−𝟏
𝟏 −𝟑 𝟐 𝟐
𝑨 = 𝟐 −𝟑 𝟐
𝟓
𝟐 𝟐 −𝟑
 𝟏 𝟐 𝟓
14. Find 𝑨−𝟏 if 𝑨 = 𝟏 −𝟏 −𝟏 , hence solve the system of equations
𝟐 𝟑 −𝟏
𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟓𝒛 = 𝟏𝟎 ; 𝒙 – 𝒚 – 𝒛 = −𝟐 ; 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 – 𝒛 = − 𝟏𝟏

𝟏 𝟐 𝟓
𝑨= 𝟏 −𝟏 −𝟏
𝟐 𝟑 −𝟏

𝟏 𝟐 𝟓
𝑨 = 𝟏 −𝟏 −𝟏 = 𝟏 × −𝟏 −𝟏 − 𝟐 × 𝟏 −𝟏 + 𝟓 × 𝟏 −𝟏
𝟑 −𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
𝟐 𝟑 −𝟏
= 𝟏(𝟏 + 𝟑) − 𝟐 −𝟏 + 𝟐 + 𝟓(𝟑 + 𝟐)
= 𝟒 − 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓 |𝑨| = 𝟐𝟕
 𝟏 𝟐 𝟓
𝑨 = 𝟏 −𝟏 −𝟏
𝟐 𝟑 −𝟏

−𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏
𝑨𝟏𝟏 = + =𝟏+𝟑= 𝟒 𝑨𝟏𝟐 =− = − −𝟏 + 𝟐 = −𝟏
𝟑 −𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟐 𝟓
𝑨𝟏𝟑 = + =𝟑+𝟐=𝟓 𝑨𝟐𝟏 = − = −(−𝟐 – 𝟏𝟓) = 𝟏𝟕
𝟐 𝟑 𝟑 −𝟏
𝟏 𝟓 𝟏 𝟐
𝑨𝟐𝟐 = + = −𝟏 – 𝟏𝟎 = −𝟏𝟏 𝑨𝟐𝟑 = − = −(𝟑 − 𝟒) = 𝟏
𝟐 −𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
𝟐 𝟓 𝟏 𝟓
𝑨𝟑𝟏 = + = −𝟐 + 𝟓 = 𝟑 𝑨𝟑𝟐 = − = −(−𝟏 – 𝟓) = 𝟔
−𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏

𝟏 𝟐
𝑨𝟑𝟑 =+ = −𝟏 − 𝟐 = −𝟑
𝟏 −𝟏
 𝑨𝟏𝟏 = 4 𝑨𝟏𝟐 = −𝟏 𝑨𝟏𝟑 = 5

𝑨𝟐𝟏 = 17 𝑨𝟐𝟐 = − 𝟏𝟏 𝑨𝟐𝟑 = 𝟏

𝑨𝟑𝟏 = 3 𝑨𝟑𝟐 = 6 𝑨𝟑𝟑 = −𝟑

𝟒 −𝟏 𝟓 ′
𝟒 𝟏𝟕 𝟑
𝑨𝒊𝒋 = 𝟏𝟕 −𝟏𝟏 𝟏 𝒂𝒅𝒋 𝑨 = 𝑨𝒊𝒋 = −𝟏 −𝟏𝟏 𝟔
𝟑 𝟔 −𝟑 𝟓 𝟏 −𝟑

𝟏 𝟒 𝟏𝟕 𝟑
𝟏 𝑨−𝟏 =
𝑨 −𝟏
= 𝒂𝒅𝒋(𝑨) −𝟏 −𝟏𝟏 𝟔
𝑨 𝟐𝟕
𝟓 𝟏 −𝟑
 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟓𝒛 = 𝟏𝟎 ; 𝒙 – 𝒚 – 𝒛 = −𝟐 ; 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 – 𝒛 = − 𝟏𝟏
𝟏 𝟐 𝟓 𝒙 𝟏𝟎
𝑨 = 𝟏 −𝟏 −𝟏 𝑿= 𝒚 𝑩 = −𝟐
𝟐 𝟑 −𝟏 𝒛 −𝟏𝟏
The system can be expressed as AX = B
𝒙 𝟒 𝟏𝟕 𝟑 𝟏𝟎
−𝟏
⟹ 𝑿 = 𝑨 𝑩 𝒚 = 𝟐𝟕
𝟏
−𝟏 −𝟏𝟏 𝟔 −𝟐
𝒛 𝟓 𝟏 −𝟑 −𝟏𝟏
𝒙 𝟏 𝟒𝟎 − 𝟑𝟒 − 𝟑𝟑 𝒙
𝒚 = 𝟏 −𝟐𝟕
−𝟏𝟎 + 𝟐𝟐 − 𝟔𝟔 𝒚 = −𝟓𝟒
𝒛 𝟐𝟕 𝟐𝟕
𝟓𝟎 − 𝟐 + 𝟑𝟑 𝒛 𝟖𝟏
𝒙 −𝟏
𝒚 = −𝟐
𝒛 𝟑
𝒙 = −𝟏 ; 𝒚 = −𝟐; 𝒛 = 𝟑
15. Three schools DPS, CVC and KVS decided to organize a fair for
collecting money for helping the flood victims. They sold handmade
fans, mats and plats from recycled materials at a cost of Rs.25,
Rs.100 and Rs.50 respectively
School / Article DPS CVC KVS
Handmade fans 40 25 35
Mats 50 40 50
Plates 20 30 40

a) What is the total amount of money collected by all three schools?

Amount collected by all schools
𝟒𝟎 𝟓𝟎 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝟓𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝟐𝟓 𝟒𝟎 𝟑𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎 = 𝟔𝟐𝟓 + 𝟒𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝟏𝟓𝟎𝟎
𝟑𝟓 𝟓𝟎 𝟒𝟎 𝟓𝟎 𝟖𝟕𝟓 + 𝟓𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎
 𝟕𝟎𝟎𝟎
Amount collected by all schools = 𝟔𝟏𝟐𝟓
𝟕𝟖𝟕𝟓
Total Amount spent = 𝟕𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝟔𝟏𝟐𝟓 + 𝟕𝟖𝟕𝟓 = 𝑹𝒔. 𝟐𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎
b) If the number of handmade fans and plates ae interchanged for all the schools,
then what is the total money collected by all the schools?

School / Article DPS CVC KVS

Handmade fans 20 30 40

Mats 50 40 50

Plates 40 25 35
Amount collected by all schools
𝟐𝟎 𝟓𝟎 𝟒𝟎 𝟐𝟓 𝟓𝟎𝟎 + 𝟓𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝟑𝟎 𝟒𝟎 𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟎𝟎 = 𝟕𝟓𝟎 + 𝟒𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝟏𝟐𝟓𝟎
𝟒𝟎 𝟓𝟎 𝟑𝟓 𝟓𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝟓𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝟏𝟕𝟓𝟎

𝟕𝟓𝟎𝟎
Amount collected by all schools = 𝟔𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝟕𝟕𝟓𝟎

Total Amount spent = 𝟕𝟓𝟎𝟎 + 𝟔𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝟕𝟕𝟓𝟎 = 𝑹𝒔. 𝟐𝟏𝟐𝟓𝟎