XII Worksheet Matrices & Determinants

This worksheet contains 30 questions compulsory subjective questions.

1  x 7 
1. Find the value of x for which the matrix   is an invertible matrix.
3  x 8 

3 1 
2. If A    , then find | adj A | .
 2 3
3. If A & B are square matrices of order 3 such that | A | 2, | B |  4 then find | 4 AB | .

 2 3 1
Show that A    satisfies the equation x  6 x  17  0 . Hence, find A .
2
4.
 3 4 

265 240 219

5. Evaluate 240 225 198
219 198 181

6. Using the properties of determinants, show that

a ab a  2b
a  2b a a  b  9b 2  a  b 
ab a  2b a
x3 x4 x 
7. Prove that x  2 x  3 x    0 , where  ,  ,  are in A.P.
x 1 x  2 x 

1 bc b2  c2
8. Show that 1 c  a c 2  a 2   a  b  b  c  c  a 
1 a  b a 2  b2

m  n
2
l2 mn
n  l  ln   l  m  m  n  n  l  l  m  n   l 2  m 2  n 2  .
2
9. Show that m2
l  m
2
n2 lm

a2 2ab b2
2ab   a 3  b3  .
2
10. Prove that b 2 a2
2ab b2 a2

2r  1 m
Cr 1 m
11. If m is a positive integer and  r  m 1
2
2 m
m 1 . Then find  r

sin  m 
r 0
2 2
sin  m  sin  m  1
2 2

12. Two schools A and B want to award their selected students on the values of Sincerity, Truthfulness
and Helpfulness. The school A wants to award Rs x each, Rs Y each and Rs z each for the three
respective values to 3, 2 and 1 students with total award money of Rs 1600. School B wants to spend
Rs 2300 to award its 4, 1 and 3 students on the respective values ( by giving the same award money
for the three values as before). If the total amount of award for one prize on each value is Rs 900,
using matrices, find the award money for each value. Apart from these three values, suggest one more
values which should be considered for award.
1 1 0   2 2 4 
13. If A   2 3 4  and B   4 2 4  are two square matrices, find AB and hence solve the
 
 0 1 2   2 1 5 
system of equation x  y  3 , 2 x  3 y  4 z  17 and y  2 z  7 .

Solve the given system of equation using ‘Matrix Method’ for Question no. 14 to 16

14. 2 x  y  3 z  1, x  2 y  z  1, x  7 y  6 z  10

15. x  y  3z  6, x  3 y  3z  4, 5 x  3 y  3z  10
16. 2 x  y  z  2, 6 x  3 y  3 z  5, 4 x  2 y  2 z  1

17. Using properties of determinants solve the following equation for x

x2 2x  3 3x  4
x4 2x  9 3 x  16  0
x  8 2 x  27 3 x  64
ax ax ax
18. Using properties of determinants solve the following for x, a  x a  x a  x  0.
ax ax ax
3x  8 3 3
19. Solve 3 3x  8 3  0.
3 3 3x  8

a bc c b
20. Prove that a  c b c  a   a  b  c  b  c  a  c  a  b  .
a b ba c
x 2 2 1 x 2 4
21. Write the solution set to the inequation 3 x 2  2 4 x 8  33 .
3 3 x 4 8 16  x
22. If A, B, C be the angles of a triangle such that A  B  C prove that
sin 2 A Sin A cos A cos 2 A
D  sin 2 B sin B cos B cos 2 B is minimum if the triangle is isosceles.
sin 2 C sin C cos C cos 2 C
a b c a  2b b  3c c  4a
23. Let a, b, c be real numbers not all equal that 1  b c a and  2  b  2c c  3a a  4b , then
c a b c  2a a  3b b  4c
2
find .
1
24. How many distinct linear factors does the given determinants has?
x2  4 2x2 2x2
D  2x2 x2  4 2x2
2x2 2x2 x2  4
m n 6 n
25. If  m  m 2
2n 2
2  2n  1 , then write the value of  m

3n  n  1
m1
m3 3n 3
x2 a 1 a 1
26. Write a  1 x  2a a 2  1 as the product of three linear factors in x
a 1 a2  1 x  2a
a bc cb
27. Prove that a  c b c  a   a  b  c   a 2  b2  c2  .
a b a b c

x x  x2 1  x  x 2  x3
28. Find the solution set of the equation 3 x 4 x  3x 2 1  4 x  4 x 2  3x3  0
5 x 6 x  5 x 2 1  9 x  6 x 2  5 x3
n n 1 n2
29. Let f  n   n
Pn n 1
Pn 1 n 2
Pn  2 ; n  N then find the prime divisor of f  5  .
n n 1 n2
Cn Cn 1 Cn  2
30. Prove the identity
           
cos   sin   cos  
 2   2   2 
            1
cos   sin   cos    sin       sin       sin     .
 2   2   2  2
           
cos   sin   cos  
 2   2   2 

Answer Key

13 1  4 3
x (2) 11 (3) 512 (4) A1 
17  3 2 
(1)
15

(5) zero (6) P.T. (7) P.T. (8) P.T. (9) P.T.

(10) P.T. (11) zero

(12) Award for sincerity, truthfulness and helpfulness are R 200, R 300 and R 400 respectively. Discipline
is one more value for awards.

(13) x  2, y  1, z  4 (14) No solution

7  3z 5  3 z
(15) Infinitly many solutions: x  , y , z; z  R .
2 2

(16) No solution (17) x4 (18) x  0,0,3a

2 11 1
(19) x , (20) P.T. (21) x or x  1
3 3 7

(22) P.T. (23) 25 (24) 02 (25) zero

(26) 
x x   a  1
2
 x  a 2
 2a  3  (27) P.T.
 2
(28) 0, 
 3

(29) 2, 3, 5, 31 (30) P.T.