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Determinants Practice Questions and Solutions

This document discusses determinants and provides examples of determinant calculations. It includes 6 previous year questions about determinants with solutions. The questions involve calculating determinants, finding the inverse of a matrix, and setting up and solving matrix equations.

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Determinants Practice Questions and Solutions

This document discusses determinants and provides examples of determinant calculations. It includes 6 previous year questions about determinants with solutions. The questions involve calculating determinants, finding the inverse of a matrix, and setting up and solving matrix equations.

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04

DETERMINANTS
DETERMINANTS 1

Previous Year Questions


 3 4
5. If 1 2 1 = 0, then the value of  is
1. If A = kA , where A is a square matrix of order 2, then
1 4 1
sum of all possible values of k is
(a) 1 (b) 2
(a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 3 (d) 4
(c) 2 (d) 0 [CBSE-65-5-1-(2023)]
[CBSE-65-2-1-(2023)]
6. Case Study:
2. If ( a, b ) , ( c, d ) and ( e, f ) are the vertices of ABC
Gautam buys 5 pens, 3 bags and 1 instrument box and
a c e
2
pays a sum of ₹ 160. From the same shop, Vikram buys
and  denotes the area of ABC , then b d f is 2 pens, 1 bag and 3 instrument boxes and pays a sum of
1 1 1 ₹ 190. Also Ankur buys 1 pen, 2 bags and 4 instrument
equal to boxes and pays a sum of ₹ 150.

(a) 2 2 (b) 4 2 Based on the above information, answer the following


(c) 2 (d) 4 questions:
[CBSE-65-2-1-(2023)] (I) Convert the given above situation into a matrix
3. Let A be the area of a triangle having vertices equation of the form AX = B .
( x1 , y1 ) , ( x2 , y2 ) and ( x3 , y3 ) . Which of the following (II) Find A .

is correct? (III) Find A−1 .


x1 y1 1 x1 y1 1 OR
(a) x2 y2 1 =  A (b) x2 y 2 1 = 2 A
(III) Determine P = A2 − 5 A .
x3 y3 1 x3 y3 1
2
[CBSE-65-5-1-(2023)]
x1 y1 1 x1 y1 1
A
(c) x2 y2 1 =  (d) x2 y2 1 = A2
2
x3 y3 1 x3 y3 1
[CBSE-65-3-1-(2023)]

x+ y y+z z+x
4. The value of z x y is
1 1 1

(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) x + y + z (d) 2 ( x + y + z )

[CBSE-65-4-1-(2023)]
2 DETERMINANTS

Solutions
1. (d) 0  −2 −5 3   −2 −10 8 
2. (b) 4 2 (III) adj ( A ) =  −10 19 −7  =  −5 19 −13
 8 −13 −1  3 −7 −1 
x1 y1 1
3. (b) x2 y 2 1 = 2 A  −2 −10 8 
1 
x3 y3 1  A−1 =  −5 19 −13
( )  3 −7 −1 
− 22
 
4. (a) 0
OR
5. (d) 4

6. (I) Matrix equation is AX = B, where 32 20 18   25 15 5 


P = A2 − 5 A = 15 13 17  − 10 5 15 
5 3 1   x 160  13 13 23  5 10 20 
   
A =  2 1 3  , X =  y  , B = 190  7 5 13
1 2 4   z   250  =  5 8 2 
8 3 3 
Where x is the number of pens bought, y is the number

of bags and z the number of instrument boxes.

(II) A = 5 ( 4 − 6 ) − 3 (8 − 3) + 1( 4 − 1) = −22

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