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QUESTIONS FOR REVISION DURING WINTER BREAK
DAY 2 – MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS

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1. If a square matrix A = , is of order 3, then a) A is skew
symmetric b) A is a symmetric matrix
c) A is neither symmetric nor skew symmetric d)A is a null
matrix matrix A is symmetric is
A square
A square matrix A is symmetric is
A square matrix A is skew-symmetric is
A square matrix A is skew-symmetric is
For the given square matrix A = ,
𝑻
𝒂𝒊𝒋 =− 𝒂 𝒋𝒊 ⟹ 𝑨=− 𝑨
a) A is skew symmetric
2. The value of for which equals an identity matrix is
a) b) c) d)

Given

( )( )
− 𝟐 𝒙 +𝟎+ 𝟕 𝒙 𝟐𝟖 𝒙 +𝟎 − 𝟐𝟖 𝒙 𝟏𝟒 𝒙 −𝟏𝟒 𝒙 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
𝟎+𝟎+ 𝟎 𝟎+𝟏 − 𝟎 𝟎 +𝟎+𝟎 = 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎
− 𝒙 +𝟎+ 𝒙 𝟏𝟒 𝒙 −𝟐 − 𝟒 𝒙 𝟕 𝒙 + 𝟎− 𝟐 𝒙 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏

( )( )
𝟓𝒙 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 Equating the terms
𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 = 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏
𝟎 𝟏𝟎 𝒙 − 𝟐 𝟓𝒙 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝒙=
𝟓
d)
3. If A and B are square matrices each of order 3 and and ,
then the value of is
a) 27 b) 405 c) 15 d)75

For a square matrix A of order

For two square matrices A and B
𝟑
|𝟑 𝑨𝑩|=( 𝟑 ) | 𝑨𝑩|
¿ 𝟐𝟕| 𝑨| |𝑩|
¿ 𝟐𝟕 ×𝟓 × 𝟑¿ 𝟒𝟎𝟓
b) 405
4. The maximum value of where  is a real number is
a) b) c) d)

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𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
∆= 𝟏 𝟏+ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝟏
𝟏+𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 𝟏 𝟏

¿𝟏×
|
𝟏+ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽
𝟏
𝟏
𝟏|−𝟏 ×
|
𝟏
𝟏+𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽
𝟏
𝟏| |
+ 𝟏×
𝟏
𝟏+ 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽
𝟏+ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽
𝟏 |
¿ ( 𝟏+ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 −𝟏 ) − ( 𝟏 −𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 ) + ( 𝟏− ( 𝟏+ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 )( 𝟏+ 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 ) )

¿ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 + ( 𝟏 − ( 𝟏+𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 +𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 +𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 ) )

¿ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 − 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽

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𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
∆= 𝟏 𝟏+ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝟏
𝟏+𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 𝟏 𝟏

¿ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 − 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
−𝟏 ≤ 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟐 𝜽 ≤ 𝟏⟹ 𝟏≥− 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝜽 ≥− 𝟏 ⟹ ≥ − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟐 𝜽 ≥ −
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Maximum value of

a)
5. If , then find the
values of and

𝟐
( 𝑨 + 𝑩 ) =( 𝑨+ 𝑩 )( 𝑨 + 𝑩 )
𝟐 𝟐
¿ 𝑨 + 𝑨𝑩+ 𝑩𝑨+ 𝑩
Given
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
⟹ 𝑨 + 𝑩 = 𝑨 + 𝑨𝑩+ 𝑩𝑨+ 𝑩
⟹ 𝑨𝑩+𝑩𝑨=𝟎
¿( 𝒂 −
𝟐𝒂− 𝒃
𝒃 𝟐
𝟑 )
 𝑨𝑩= ( 𝒂 −𝒃 𝟐
𝟐𝒂− 𝒃 𝟑 )
𝑩𝑨=
( 𝒂
𝒃
𝟏
−𝟏 )( 𝟏 −𝟏
)(
¿
𝒂 +𝟐 − 𝒂 −𝟏
𝟐 −𝟏 𝒃 − 𝟐 − 𝒃+𝟏 )
𝑨𝑩+ 𝑩𝑨=𝟎 (𝒂− 𝒃
𝟐 𝒂− 𝒃
𝟐
𝟑 )(
+
𝒂 +𝟐
𝒃− 𝟐 ) (
− 𝒂 −𝟏
− 𝒃+𝟏
=
𝟎
𝟎
𝟎
𝟎 )
( 𝟐 𝒂 −𝟐 𝟒− 𝒃 ) ( 𝟎 𝟎)
𝟐 𝒂 − 𝒃+𝟐 𝟏 − 𝒂
=
𝟎 𝟎

𝟐 𝒂 − 𝒃+ 𝟐=𝟎𝟏 − 𝒂=𝟎
𝟐 𝒂 − 𝟐= 𝟎𝟒 − 𝒃=𝟎
𝒂= 𝟏𝒃=𝟒
The value of a = 1 and b = 4 satisfies all the equations
6. Find the matrix A such that

( ) ( )
𝟐 −𝟏 −𝟏 −𝟖
𝟏 𝟎 𝑨= 𝟏 −𝟐
−𝟑 𝟒 𝟗 𝟐𝟐
𝟑 ×𝟐 𝟑 ×𝟐
For the product to be defined matrix A should be
Let

( )( ( )
𝟐 −𝟏 −𝟏 −𝟖
𝟏
−𝟑
𝟎
𝟒
𝒂
𝒄
𝒃
𝒅)= 𝟏
𝟗
−𝟐
𝟐𝟐
 ( )( ( )
𝟐 −𝟏 −𝟏 −𝟖
𝟏
−𝟑
𝟎
𝟒
𝒂 𝒃
𝒄 𝒅) = 𝟏
𝟗
−𝟐
𝟐𝟐

( )( )
𝟐𝒂− 𝒄 𝟐 𝒃−𝒅 − 𝟏 −𝟖
𝒂 𝒃 = 𝟏 −𝟐
− 𝟑 𝒂+ 𝟒 𝒄 − 𝟑 𝒃+ 𝒅 𝟗 𝟐𝟐

𝟐 𝒂 − 𝒄=−𝟏𝟐 𝒃 − 𝒅=− 𝟖 𝒂= 𝟏
𝒃 =− 𝟐−𝟑 𝒂+𝟒 𝒄=𝟗 −𝟑 𝒃+ 𝒅=𝟐𝟐
By solving
7. Evaluate : and show that

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𝟏 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 𝟏
| 𝑨|= − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 𝟏 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙
−𝟏 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 𝟏

| 𝑨|=𝟏 ( 𝟏+ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙 ) − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙 ( − 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒙 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒙 ) + ( 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙 +𝟏 )

𝟐 𝟐

| 𝑨|=𝟏+ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙 + 𝟏

𝟐 𝟐

| 𝑨|=𝟐+𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙 𝟐
 | 𝑨|=𝟐+𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙
𝟐

𝟐
𝟎 ≤ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙 ≤ 𝟏
𝟐
𝟎 ≤ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙 ≤ 𝟐
𝟐
𝟎+𝟐 ≤ 𝟐+𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙 ≤𝟐+ 𝟐
4
4
8. Given A = and B = , find BA and use this to solve the
system of equations:

A = and B =

BA =

=
 BA =

BA = 6
BA = 6 I
For a square matrix A,

BA = 6 I Adj (B) = A
For B = , adj (B) =
Consider the system :
Let B = X= C=

The system can be expressed as BX = C

−𝟏 −𝟏
⟹ 𝑩 𝑩𝑿 =𝑩 𝑪
−𝟏
⟹ 𝑰𝑿 = 𝑩 𝑪
−𝟏
⟹ 𝑿=𝑩 𝑪
B= X= C= adj (B) =
−𝟏
⟹ 𝑿=𝑩 𝑪

| |
𝟏
| | | | | |
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟎
𝒂𝒅𝒋 ( 𝑩) | 𝑩|= 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 ¿ 𝟏 × 𝟑 𝟒 𝟐 𝟒 𝟐 𝟑
−𝟏
𝑩 = − ( −𝟏 ) × + 𝟎×
| 𝑩| 𝟏 𝟐 𝟎 𝟐 𝟎 𝟏
𝟎 𝟏 𝟐

−𝟏
= 1 (6 - 4) +1 (4 - 0) + 0 (2 - 0)
𝑿 =𝑩 𝑪
= 2 + 4 | 𝑩|=𝟔

( ) ( )
= 𝒙 𝟐
𝒚 = −𝟏 𝒙=𝟐 , 𝒚 =−𝟏 , 𝒛=𝟒
𝒛 𝟒
9.
Assertion:( A) If is singular matrix, then the product of all
possible values of x is -6
Reason:( R): If A is a singular matrix then
Assertion:( A) If is singular matrix, then the product of all
possible values of is -6
is singular

⟹ 𝒙 ( 𝒙 − 𝟏 ) − 𝟔=𝟎⟹ 𝒙 𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝟔=𝟎
⟹ ( 𝒙 −𝟑 )( 𝒙 +𝟐 ) =𝟎⟹ 𝒙=𝟑 , −𝟐
The product of all possible values of is
Assertion (A) is true
Reason:( R): If A is a singular matrix then Reason (R) is true
Reason is the explanation for the Assertion
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
10. Assertion : The matrix
Reason: A square matrix A is said to be symmetric if

( )
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟓
𝑨= − 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏
𝟓 𝟏 𝟑

( ) A = A’
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟓
𝑨′= − 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏
𝟓 𝟏 𝟑
The matrix
Assertion is true
A square matrix A is said to be symmetric if Reason is False
c) A is true but R is false