DETEMINANTS_Solution of System of Linear Equations

1. For the system of linear equations

2 x  4 y  2 az  b , x  2 y  3 z  4, 2 x  5 y  2 z  8
which of the following is NOT correct?
(a*) It has infinitely many solutions if a  3, b  6
(b) It has unique solution if a  b  6
(c) It has unique solution if a  b  8
(d) It has infinitely many solution if a  3, b  8
2. If the system of equations
2 x  y  z  5, 2 x  5 y   z   , x  2 y  5 z  7

has infinitely many solutions, then (  )  (  ) is equal to

2 2

(a*) 916 (b) 912 (c) 920 (d) 904

3. If the system of linear equations
7 x  11 y   z  13, 5 x  4 y  7 z   , 175 x  194 y  57 z  361
has infinitely many solutions, then     2 is equal to
(a*) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6
4. For the system of linear equations
2 x  y  3 z  5, 3 x  2 y  z  7 , 4 x  5 y   z  
Which of the following is NOT correct?
(a) The system has infinitely many solutions for   5 and   9
(b) The system has a unique solution for   5 and   8
(c*) The system has infinitely many solutions for   6 and   9
(d) The system is inconsistent for   5 and   8
5. Let S be the set of all values of   [   ,  ] for which the system of linear equations
x  y  3z  0 x  (tan ) y  7z  0x  y  (tan )z  0 has non-trivial solution. Then
120


S
is equal to

(a) 40 (b) 10 (c*) 20 (d) 30

6. If the system of equations
x  y  az  b , 2 x  5 y  2 z  6 , x  2 y  3 z  3
has infinitely many solutions, then 2a  3b is equal to
(a*) 23 (b) 28 (c) 25 (d) 20

7. For the system of equations x  y  z  6 , x  2 y   z  10 , x  3 y  5 z   , which one of

the following is NOT true?
(a*) System has a unique solution for   3,   14 .
(b) System has no solution for   3,   24 .
(c) System has a unique solution for    3,   14 .
(d) System has infinitely many solutions for   3 ,   14 .
8. Let S denote the set of all real values of  such that the system of equations
 x  y  z  1, x   y  z  1, x  y   z  1 is inconsistent, then  |  |
2

 |  | is equal to

S

(a) 12 (b) 2 (c*) 6 (d) 4

9. For the sistem of linear cquations  x  y  z  1, x   y  z  1, x  y  az   . which one
of the following statements is Not corrat?
(a) It has no solution if   2 and   1
 (b) It has infinitely many solutions if   2 and    1
(c*) It has intinitely many solutions if   1 and   1
3
(d) x  y  z  if   2 and   1
4
10. For the sistem of linear equations x  y  z  0,  x   y  7 z  3, x  2 y  3 z  14
which of the following is NOT true?
(a) If     7 , then the system has no solution
(b) If    and   7 then the system has a unique solution.
(c) There is a unique point ( ,  ) on the line x  2 y  18  0 for which the system
has in finitely many solutions
(d*) For every point ( ,  )  (7, 7) on the line x  2 y  7  0 , the system has infinitely
many solutions.
11. Let the system of linear equations x  y  kz  2 , 2 x  3 y  z  1, 3 x  4 y  2 z  k
have infinitely many solutions.
Then the system ( k  1) x  (2 k  1) y  7 , (2 k  1) x  ( k  5) y  10 has :
(a) infinitely many solutions (b) unique solution satisfying x  y  1
(c) no solution (d*) unique solution satisfying x  y  1
12. For  ,    , suppose the system of linear equations
x  y  z  5; 2 x  2 y   z  8; 3 x  y  4 z   has infinitely many solutions. Then  and
 are the roots of
(a) x 2  10 x  16  0 (b) x 2  18 x  56  0 (c*) x 2  18 x  56  0 (d) x 2  14 x  24  0
13 Consider the following system of questions
 x  2 y  z  1, 2 x  3 y  z  1, 3 x   y  2 z  
For some  ,    . Then which of the following is NOT correct.
(a) It has no solution if   1 and   2
(b*) It has no solution for   1 and for all   
(c) It has no solution for   3 and for all   2
(d) It has a solution for all   1 and   2
14. Let S1 and S2 be respectively the sets of all a  R  {0} for which the system of
linear equations
ax  2 ay  3 az  1, (2 a  1) x  (2 a  3) y  ( a  1) z  2 , (3 a  5) x  ( a  5) y  ( a  2) z  3
has unique solution and infinitely many solutions. Then
(a) n  S1   2 and S2 is an infinite set (b) S1 is an infinite set an n  S2   2
(c) S1  and S2  {0} (d*) S1  {0} and S2 
15. If the system of equations x  2 y  3 z  3; 4 x  3 y  4 z  4, 8 x  4 y   z  9  
has infinitely many solutions, then the ordered pair ( ,  ) is equal to
 72 21   72 21   72 21   72 21 
(a)  ,  (b)  ,  (c*)  ,  (d)  , 
 5 5  5 5   5 5   5 5
16. Let A and B be two 3 3 non-zero real matrices such that AB is a zero matrix.
Then
(a) The system of linear equations AX  0 has a unique solution
(b*) The system of linear equations AX  0 has infinitely many solutions
(c) B is an invertible matrix
(d) adj( A ) is an invertible matrix
17. If the system of equations x  y  z  6 , 2 x  5 y   z   , x  2 y  3 z  1 4
 has infinitely many solutions, then    is equal to :
(a) 8 (b) 36 (c*) 44 (d) 48
18. If the system of linear equations 8 x  y  4 z   2 , x  y  z  0 ,  x  3 y  
 1
has infinitely many solutions, then the distance of the point   ,  ,   from the
 2
plane 8 x  y  4 z  2  0 is:
35 26 10
(a) (b) 4 (c) (d*)
9 3
19. he number of   (0, 4  ) for which the system of linear equations
3(sin 3 ) x  y  z  2; 3(cos 2 ) x  4 y  3 z  3 ; 6 x  7 y  7 z  9 has no solution, is:
(a) 6 (b*) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9
20. The number of real values  , such that the system of linear equations
2 x  3 y  5 z  9, x  3 y  z   18 and 3 x  y     |  |  z  16 has no solution, is :
2

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c*) 2 (d) 4

21. If the system of linear equations 2 x  y  z  7; x  3 y  2 z  1; x  4 y   z  k ,
where  , k  R has infinitely many solutions, then   k is equal to:
(a) -3 (b*) 3 (c) 6 (d) 9
22. If the system of linear equations 2 x  3 y  z   2, x  y  z  4, x  y  |  | z  4   4 where
  has no solution, then
(a)   7 (b*)   7 (c)   8 (d)  2  1
23. Let the system of linear equations x  2 y  z  2 ,  x  3 y  z   ,  x  y  2 z   , be
inconsistent. Then  is equal to:
5 5 7 7
(a) (b)  (c) (d*) 
2 2 2 2
24. Let for some real numbers  and  , a    i  . If the system of equations
 2 2  
4 ix  (1  i ) y  0 and 8  cos  i sin  x  ay  0 has more than one solution then
 3 3  
is equal to :
(a) 2  3 (b*) 2  3 (c) 2  3 (d) 2  3
25. The ordered pair ( a , b ) , for which the system of linear equations
3 x  2 y  z  b ; 5 x  8 y  9 z  3; 2 x  y  az   1 has no solution, is :
 1  1  1  1
(a)  3,  (b)  3,  (c*)  3,   (d)  3,  
 3  3  3  3
26. If the system of equations  x  y  z  5, x  2 y  3 z  4 , x  3 y  5 z   has infinitely
many solutions, then the ordered pair ( ,  ) is equal to :
(a) (1, 3) (b) (  1, 3) (c*) (1,3) (d) (  1,  3)
27. The system of equations  kx  3 y  14 z  25 ,  15 x  4 y  kz  3,  4 x  y  3 z  4
is consistent for all k in the set
(a) R (b) R  {  11,13} (c) R  {13} (d*) R  {  11,11}
28. The number of values of  for which the system of equations :
x  y  z   ;  x  2 y  3 z   1; x  3 y  5 z  4 is inconsistent, is
a) 0 (b*) 1 (c) 2 (d) 2
29. Let the system of linear equations x  y  z  2;3x  y  z  4; x  2z 1
 have a unique solution  x * , y * , z *  . If  , x*  ,  y* ,   and  x* ,  y*  are collinear points,
then the sum of absolute values of all possible values of  is :[June 24, 2022 (II)]
(a) 4 (b*) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
30. Consider the system of linear equations  x  y  2 z  0; 3 x  ay  5 z  1; 2 x  2 y  az  7
Let S1 be the set of all a  R for which the system is inconsistent and S2 be the set
of all a  R for which the system has infinitely many solutions. If n S1  and n S2 
denote the number of elements in S1 and S2 respectively, then
(a) n  S1   2, n  S2   2 (c*) n  S1   2, n  S2   0
(b) n  S1   1,n  S2   0 (d) n  S1   0, n  S2   2
31. If the following system of linear equations 2 x  y  z  5; x  y  z  3; x  y  az  b
has no solution, then :
1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7
(a) a   , b  (b) a  , b  (c) a   , b  (d*) a  , b 
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
32. If       2 , then the system of equations x  (cos  ) y  (cos  ) z  0
(cos  )x  y  (cos  )z  0 (cos  ) x  (cos  ) y  z  0 has :
(a) no solution (c) exactly two solutions
(b*) infinitely many solution (d) a unique solution
33. Let [  ] be the greatest integer less than or equal to  . The set of all values of 
for which the system of linear equations x  y  z  4, 3 x  2 y  5 z  3 ,
9 x  4 y  (28  [  ]) z  [  ] has a solution is:
(a*) R (b) (  ,  9)  (  9,  ) (c) [  9,  8) (d) (  ,  9)  [  8,  )
34. Let the system of linear equations
4 x   y  2 z  0; 2 x  y  z  0 ;  x  2 y  3 z  0,  ,   R .
has a non-trivial solution. Then which of the following is true?
(a)    6,   R (b)   3,   R (c*)   6,   R (d)   2,   R
35. Let A and B be 3 3 real matrices such that A is symmetric matrix and B is
skew-symmetric matrix. Then the systems of linear equations  A 2 B2  B2 A 2  X  O ,
where X is a 3 1 column matrix of unknown variables and O is a 3 1 null
matrix, has :
(a) no solution (b) exactly two solutions
(c*) infinitely many solutions (d) a unique solution
36. Consider the following system of equations :
x  2 y  3 z  a ; 2 x  6 y  11 z  b ; x  2 y  7 z  c ,
where a, b and c are real constants. Then the system of equations:
(a*) has infinite number of solutions when 5a  2 b  c
(b) has no solution for all a, b and c
(c) has a unique solution when 5a  2 b  c
(d) has a unique solution for all a, b and c
37. Suppose the vectors x1 , x2 and x3 are the solutions of the system of linear
equations, Ax  b when the vector b on the right side is equal to b1 , b2 and b3
respectively. If
 1 0  0  1  0 0 
x1  1 , x2   2  , x3  0  , b1  0 , b2   2 
        and b3  0  , then the determinant of A is
1 1  1  0  0   2 
equal to :
1 3
(a) 4 (b*) 2 (c) (d)
2 2
1 2 1
38. Let A  X  ( x, y, z ) : PX  0 and x  y  z  1 , where P   2 3 4  ,then the set A
T 2 2 2

 1 9 1
(a) is a singleton (b) is an empty set
(c) contains more than two elements (d*) contains exactly two elements
39. If the system of linear equations x  2 y  kz  1, 2 x  y  z  2, 3 x  y  kz  3
has a solution ( x, y, z ), z  0 , then ( x, y ) lies on the straight line whose equation is :
(a) 3 x  4 y  1  0 (b*) 4 x  3 y  4  0 (c) 4 x  3 y  1  0 (d) 3 x  4 y  4  0
40. The number of values of k for which the system of linear equations,
( k  2) x  10 y  k , kx  ( k  3) y  k  1 has no solution, is
(a) Infinitely many (b) 3 (c*) 1 (d) 2
41. If S is the set of distinct values of ' b ' for which the following system of linear
equations x  y  z  1; x  ay  z  1; ax  by  z  0 has no solution, then S is :
(a*) a singleton (b) an empty set
(c) an infinite set (d) a finite set containing two or more elements
xy  z  0
42. The system of linear equations  x  y  z  0 has a non-trivial solution for:
x  y  z  0

(a) exactly two values of  . (b*) exactly three values of  .

(c) infinitely many values of  . (d) exactly one value of  .
43. If a, b, c are non-zero real numbers and if the system of equations
(a  1)x  y  z, (b  1)y  z  x, (c  1)z  x  y, has a non-trivial solution, then ab  bc  ca
equals:
(a) a  b  c (b*) abc (c) 1 (d) -1
44. The number of values of k , for which the system of equations:
(k  1) x  8 y  4k , kx  ( k  3) y  3k  1 has no solution, is

(a) infinite (b*) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

45. If the system of equations x  y  z  6, x  2 y  3 z  10, x  2 y   z  0

has a unique solution, then  is not equal to

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d*) 3
46. The number of values of k for which the linear equations
4 x  ky  2 z  0, kx  4 y  z  0 and 2 x  2 y  z  0 possess a non-zero solution is

(a*) 2 (b) 1 (c) zero (d) 3

47. Consider the system of linear equations;

x1  2 x2  x3  3, 2 x1  3x2  x3  3, 3x1  5 x2  2 x3  1 The system has

(a) exactly 3 solutions (b) a unique solution

(c*) no solution (d) infinite number of solutions
48. If the system of linear equations x  2ay  az  0; x  3by  bz  0; x  4cy  cz  0 has a
non - zero solution, then a, b, c.
(a) satisfy a  2b  3c  0 (b) are in A.P. (c) are in G.P. (d*) are in H.P.
49. Let S be the set of values of  , for which the system of equations
6x 3y 3z  42, 2 x  6  y  4 z  1, 3 x  2 y  3 z   has no solution. Then 12 | | is
S
equal to ______.
ANS:24
50. If the system of linear equations 2 x  3 y    5,  x  5 y    1, where  ,  ,   R has
infinitely many solutions, then the value of | 9  3   5 | is equal to ________.
ANS:58

51. The sum of distinct values of  for whih the system of equations
(   1) x  (3   1) y  2  z  0; (   1) x  (4   2) y  (   3) z  0; 2 x  (3  1) y  3(   1) z  0 ,
has non-zero solutions, is _________.
ANS:3

52. Let S be the set of all integer solutions, ( x, y , z ) , of the system of equations
x  2 y  5 z  0;  2 x  4 y  z  0;  7 x  14 y  9 z  0
such that 15  x 2  y 2  z 2  150 . Then, the number of elements in the set S is equal
to_________.
ANS:8

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ANS: (C)

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ANS: (A)
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ANS: (2)

56

ANS: (B)

57

ANS: (B)

58

ANS: (D)
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ANS: (C)

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ANS: (C)