CPP - SANKALP_MAT & DET-01-PH-VII

CPP
MATRICES & DETERMINANTS – SHEET - 1
Types of matrices [singleton, row, column, square,zero, upper and lower triangular, diagonal, scalar,
unit matrix. Trace of a matrix. Algebraic oprerations on matrices [Equality, Addition, subtraction of two
matrices. multiplication by scalar. conformal matrices & multiplication of two matrices. transpose of
matrices.

Level-1
1. If X and Y two matrices are such that
LM 3 2OP and X + Y = L1 2O then find the Y matrix.
NM3 4 QP
X – Y =
N 1 0 Q
LM1 3OP LM1 2OP
2. If A = MM3 2PP and B = MM 0 5 PP and A + B – D = 0 (zero matrix) , then find the D matrix.
N2 5 Q N3 1Q
3. Form the matrix A = [aij] of order 2 × 3 whose elements are such that aij = i + j.

 sin  1/ 2  1/ 2 sin  

   
4. Let A =  1/ 2 cos   & B = cos  cos  . Find  so that A = B.
 cos  tan   cos   1 
   

5. If A and B are two square matrices of same order such that AB = A + B, then prove that A and B commute

LM2 3 1 OP LM x OP
6. If [1 x 2] 0 4 MM 2 PP MM 1 PP = 0, then the find the value of x.
N0 3 2 Q N1Q
If A = 7
LM 2 1OP 4 1 LM OP then find BTAT .
7.
N 4 Qand B =
7 2 N Q
8. A and B are two given matrices such that the order of A is 3×4 , if A B and BA are both
defined then find order of BA.

 cos 2  sin  cos    cos 2  sin  cos  

9. If A =   ; B=  
 sin  cos  sin 2    sin  cos  sin 2  
are such that, AB is a null matrix, then which of the following
 ( – or ( +  )

should necessarily be an odd integral multiple of .
2
1 2 0 2  1 5
10. Let A + 2B =  6  3 3  and 2A – B = 2  1 6
 5 3 1 0 1 2
then find Tr (A) – Tr (B).

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 1   1  1  1 
11. A is a 2 × 2 matrix such that A 1 =  2  and A2 1 = 0 . Find the sum of the elements of A.
       

Level-2
1. f(x) is a quadratic expression such that

a 2 a 1  f (0 )  2a  1
 2     
b b 1  f (1)  = 2b  1 for three unequal numbers a, b, c. Find f(x).
c 2 c 1 f ( 1) 2c  1
 
2. If A and B are square matrices of order n, then prove that A and B will cummmute if and only if A - I and
b –I commute for every scalar .

3. Prove that the product of the two matrices

 cos2  cos  sin    cos2  cos  sin 

  and  
cos  sin  sin2   cos  sin  sin2  

is a zero matrix when  and  differ by an odd multiple of /2.

a b
4. If A = c d  then prove that value of f and g satisfying the maxtrix equation A2 + f A + g I = O are equal
 
to – t r (A) and determinant of A respectively. Given a, b, c, d are non zero reals and
1 0 0 0
I = 0 1 ; O = 0 0 .
   

2 1  3 4  3  4
5. Let three matrices A = 4 1 ; B = 2 3 and C =  2 3  then find the value of the sum
 

 ABC   A (BC) 2   A (BC)3 

tr(A) + tr  
 +t     + ....... + 
4  + tr  8 
 2  r   
n
 a ii
6. If A = [ai j ]n × n, where ai j = i100 + j100, then find Lim
n 
i 1 .
101
n

 1 3 5
7. Given the matrix A =  1  3  5 and X be the solution set of the equation A x = A,
 1 3 5 
 x3 1
where x  N – {1}. Evaluate   3  (where the continued product extends  x  X.)
 x 1 

3x 2   ( x  2) 2 5x 2 2x 
   2 
8. Let A =  1  , B = [a b c] and C =  5x 2x ( x  2) 2  be three given matrices,
 6x   2x

( x  2) 2 5x 2 

where a, b, c and x R, Given that tr·(AB) = tr·(C) x R, where tr·(A) denotes trace of A. Find the
value of (a + b + c).

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1 1 1
 2 3 1 0 1
9. (a) Given A = 2 4 1 , B = 3 4 . Find P such that BPA = 0 1 0
2 3 1    

3 2  2 4 
(b) Find the matrix A satisfying the matrix equation, 2 1 . A . 5 3 = 3 1 .
3 2

10. The set of natural numbers is divided into arrays of rows and columns in the form of matrices as
6 7 8
 2 3  9 10 11
A1 = (1), A2 =  4 5  , A3 =   .................... so on.
  12 13 14
 
Find the value of Tr (A10).

[Note : Tr(A) denotes trace of A.]

ANSWER KEY (MATRICES & DETERMINANTS – SHEET - 1)

Level-1

L1 2O LM0 1 OP LM2 3 4 OP 

1. M 2 2 P 2. M3 7 P 4.  = (2n + 1) –
N Q MN5 6 PQ
3.
N3 4 5Q 4
6. – 1

LM1 0OP 8. 4 ×4 9. ( –   

7.
N0 1Q
Level-2
3 2 1 2 3
1. f(x) = x + x. 4. f = – (a + d) ; g = ad – bc 5. 6 6. 7.
2 2 101 2
 4 7  7 1  48  25
8. 7 9. (a)   (b) 10. 3355
 3 5 5  19  70 42 

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