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DETERMINANTS
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600 x1 800
x4 x2
x3
1.1 What is Matrix 1000 1200
1.2 The Determinant of a Square Matrix
1.3 Minor and Cofactor 600 1000
1.4 Expansion of Determinant
1.5 Properties of Determinants
1.6 Special types of Determinants
1.7 Solution of simultaneous linear equations by determinants
1.8 Condition for consistency of a system of a simultaneous equations
1.9 System of three simultaneous linear equation with three unknowns
1.10 Applications

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01. Determinants
1 0 4 7. Using the properties of determinants , show
1. Evaluate the determinant 3 5 -1 that
0 1 2 a+x y z
(i) With the help of second row x a+y z 2
= a (a+x+y+z)
(ii) With the help of third column x y a+z
Ans. 23
8. Using the properties of determinants , show
1 0 2 3 that
2. Expand the fourth order 1 0 2 0 2 3 2
a a 1 bcd a a a 1
determinant 2 0 1 3 2 3 2
b b 1 cda b b b 1
1 2 1 0 2 = 3 2
c c 1 dab c c c 1
Ans. -33 d
2
d 1 abc d
3
d
2
d 1

1 a bc 9. Without expanding the determinants , show

3. Expand the determinant 1 b ca that
1 c ab
x y z
Ans. (a-b)(b-c)(c-a) x2 y2 z2 = xyz (x - y) (y - z) (z - x)
x3 y3 z3
4. Show that
b-c c-a a-b 10. Without expanding the determinant ,
A = c-a a-b b-c = 0 show that
a-b b-c c-a a b c
( a + b + c ) is a factor of b c a
c a b
5. Solve the 2x-1 x + 7 x + 4
determinantal x 6 2 = 0
equation 11. Without expanding the determinant ,
x-1 x + 1 3
OF
1 a2 bc
CHOOL a
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6. Prove that ENGINE 1 b2 ca
prove that = 0
2
b
a a bc 1 1 1 1 c2 ab
2 2 2 2
b b ca = - a b c c
2 3 3 3
c c ab a b c

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12. Without expanding the determinant , 18. Find value of k , for which the following
system of equations is consistent
1 a b+c
prove that 1 b c + a = 0 3x1 - 2x2 + 2x3 = 3
1 c a+b x1 - kx2 - 3x3 = 0
4x1 + x2 + 2x3 = 7
13. Using the properties of determinants , Ans. k = 1 /4
prove the following
1+a 1 1 19. For what values of λ and μ , the following
system of equations
1
1 1 1+c
(
1+b 1 = abc 1 + 1a + 1 + 1c
b (
OF 2x + 3y + 5z = 9
CHOOL
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ENGINE 2x + 3y + λz = μ will have
14. Without expanding , evaluate the
determinant (i) unique solution (ii) no solution
Ans. (i) λ = 5 (ii) λ = 5 , μ = 9
Sin α Cos α Sin (α + δ)
Sin β Cos β Sin (β + δ ) 20. Determine the values of a and b for which
Sin γ Cos γ Sin (γ + δ ) the system

15. Solve the following system of equations 3x - 2y + z = b

using cramer’s rule 5x - 8y + 9z = 3
2x + y + az = -1
5x - 7y + z = 11
6x - 8y - z = 15 (i) has a unique solution
3x + 2y - 6z = 7 (ii) has no solution
(iii) has infinitely many solutions
Ans. x = 1 , y = -1 , z = -1
Ans. (i) a = -3 (ii) a = -3 , b = 1/3
(iii) a = -3 , b = 1/3
16. Solve the following system of equations
by using determinants
21. Find the currents of given circuit
x + y + z=1
ax + by + cz = k
a2x + b2y + c2z = k2
Ans. x = (c-k)(k-b)/(c-a)(a-b)
y = (k-c)(a-k)/(b-c)(a-b)
z = (b-k)(k-a)/(b-c)(c-a)

17. Find values of λ , for which the following

system of equations is consistent and has
non trival solutions

(λ - 1) x + (3λ + 1) y + 2λ z = 0
(λ - 1) x + (4λ - 2) y + (λ + 1) z = 0
2x + (3λ + 1) y + 3(λ + 1) z = 0
Ans. λ = 3 , 0

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22. The area of a triangle with vertices (x1, y1) 24. A = (4, 0, 0) , B = (2, 2, 5) , C = (0, 4, 1) and
, (x2, y2) , (x3, y3) is given by D = (3, 5, 2) are vertices of the given
tetrahedron in Figure 2.
x1 y1 1 z
_1
+ x2 y2 1
2
x3 y3 1 B
where the sigh is chosen to make the area
positive

(i) Find the area of the triangle with A C

vertices (-1, 4) , (3, 6) ,(1, 2) D y
x
(ii) If the points (6, 4) , (2, 10) ,(6, 13) are Figure 2
collinear find the equation of the line in
(i) The volume of the tetrahedron
determinant form
(ii) The equation of the straight line
T S C H OOL OF through B and C
MI E
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E
23. y and D
25. A stone is thrown upwards with velocity v
from a height h. Its elevation d above the
2
ground at time t is given by d = at + vt + h
.The elevation at three different times are

Time (S) Elevation (m)

x 1 144
2 192
The area of a triangle with vertices (x1, y1) 6 64
, (x2, y2) , (x3, y3) is
Find the constants
x1 y1 1 a, v and h
_1
Area = + x2 y2 1
2
x3 y3 1 26. Traffic flow. Methods of electrical circuit
analysis have applications to other fields.
where the sigh is chosen to make the area For instance, applying the analog of
positive Kirchhoff’s Current Law, find the traffic
flow (cars per hour) in the net of one-way
(i) Find the area of the triangle whose streets (in the directions indicated by the
vertices are (1, 0) , (2, 2) and (4, 3) arrows) shown in the figure. Is the solution
unique?
(ii) Find an equation of the line passing
through the two points (2, 4) , (-1, 3) 400 800
(iii) If the points (0, -5) , (4, 7) ,(1, λ) are x1
600 800
collinear find λ OF x4 x2
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ENGINE
1000 1200
Ans. (i) 3/2 (ii) x - 3y +10 = 0 (iii) -2
600 1000

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