SECONDARY THREE

Algebra

Matrices-Classwork

(1) Find the value of x which makes the following matrices singular ( It has no multiplicative inverse)

𝟏 𝟐𝒙 𝟑
𝒄 = (𝟏 𝒙 𝟒)
𝟏 𝟏+𝒙 𝟑

𝟐 −𝟑
(2) 𝐈𝐟 𝐀 = ( ), then find Adj (A)
𝟒 𝟏
, then find : A. Adj (A) , Adj (A) .A and mention what you notice ?

(3) Find the multiplicative inverse of each of the two matrices :

𝒙 𝟎 𝟎 𝒙 𝟎 𝟎
1. 𝑨 = (𝟎 𝒙 𝟎) 2. 𝑩 = (𝟎 𝒚 𝟎)
𝟎 𝟎 𝒙 𝟎 𝟎 𝒛

−𝟏 𝟐
(4) If = ( ) , then prove that : 𝑨𝟐 − 𝟐𝑨 = 𝟑𝑰 and from that find 𝑨−𝟏
𝟎 𝟑

𝟐 −𝟏 𝟑 𝟏
(5) If 𝑨 = ( ), 𝑩 = ( )
𝟏 𝟒 −𝟏 𝟓

Find the matrix X which satisfies the relation 𝑨𝑿𝑩 = 𝟐𝑰

𝟐 −𝟏 𝟑 𝟏
(6) If 𝑨 = ( ), 𝑩 = ( )
𝟏 𝟒 −𝟏 𝟓

Find the matrix X which satisfies the relation 𝑨𝑿𝑩 = 𝟐𝑰

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(7) The singular matrix from the following matrices is.............

𝟑 𝟒 𝟑 −𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟐 𝟒
(a) ( ) (b) ( ) (c) ( ) (d)( )
𝟓 𝟔 𝟔 −𝟒 𝟒 𝟓 −𝟑 𝟔

(8) All the following matrices has no multiplicative inverse except.........

𝟑 −𝟔 𝟐 𝟔 𝟒 −𝟖 𝟒 −𝟐
(a) ( ) (b) ( ) (c) ( ) (d) ( )
−𝟐 𝟒 𝟏 𝟑 𝟐 −𝟒 𝟏𝟎 𝟓

𝒙−𝟏 𝟐
(9) Value of X which makes the matrix ( ) singular matrix is........
𝟒 𝒙+𝟏

(a) -3 (b) 3 (c)±3 (d) 9

𝟏 𝟐
(10) If 𝑨 = ( ) , then Adj (A) =...........
𝟑 −𝟓

−𝟓 −𝟐 𝟑 −𝟓 𝟐 𝟏 −𝟓 𝟑
(a) ( ) (b) ( ) (c) ( ) (d) ( )
−𝟑 𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟓 𝟑 𝟐 𝟏

𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
(11) If 𝑨 = (𝟎 𝟏 𝟎) , then
𝟎 𝟎 𝟏

(a) 𝑨𝒕 = 𝑨 (b) 𝑨𝒕 = 𝑨𝒅𝒋(𝑨) (c) 𝑨𝒕 = 𝑨−𝟏 (d) All the previous.

(12) For any square matrix 𝐀 𝒊𝒇 𝑨𝟐 − 𝑨 + 𝑰 = 𝑶 then 𝐀−𝟏 =..........

(a) 𝑨−𝟐 (b) 𝑨 + 𝑰 (c) 𝑰 − 𝑨 (d) 𝑨 − 𝑰

𝟐 𝟑 𝟓
(13) The value of a which makes the matrix (𝟏 𝒂 𝟐 ) singular is .........
𝟎 𝟏 −𝟏
−𝟓 𝟓
(a) (b) 𝟑 (c) 2 (d) 3
𝟑

(14) If A is square matrix , |𝐀| = 𝟒 then A.Adj (A) =.........

𝟏
(a) 4 (b) 𝟒 𝑰 (c) 𝑰 (d) 𝟒 𝑰

𝟐 𝟓 −𝟕 𝟑
(15) If 𝑨 = ( ) ,𝑩 = ( ) , 𝑨 × 𝑪 = 𝑩 then C=............
𝟓 𝟑 −𝟒𝟔 𝟏𝟕

−𝟖 𝟏 – 𝟏𝟏 𝟒 −𝟏𝟕 𝟒 −𝟗 𝟔
(a) ( ) (b) ( ) (c) ( ) (d) ( )
𝟑 𝟐 𝟑 −𝟏 𝟔 −𝟏 𝟑 −𝟏

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(16) If A is a matrix of order 2 x 2 and |𝑨| = 𝟓 , then | 𝟑𝑨 | =.........

(a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 45 (d) 10

(17) If A , B are two matrices of order 3 x 3 and 𝑨 = 𝟐𝑩 , | 𝑩| = 𝟓 , 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 |𝑨|=.........

(a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) 40

(18) If 𝑰 is the unit matrix of order 2×2 , then | 𝟒𝑰 | =........

(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 16

(19) If A is a matrix of order 2×2 and | 𝑨| = 𝟓 , then |𝑨 × 𝑨𝒅𝒋 (𝑨)|=.........

(a) 5 (b) 25 (c) 125 (d) 1

𝒂 𝟎 𝟎
(20) If 𝑨 = (𝟎 𝒂 𝟎) , then |𝑨||𝑨𝒅𝒋(𝑨)|=.........
𝟎 𝟎 𝒂

(a) 𝒂𝟑 (b) 𝒂𝟔 (c) 𝒂𝟗 (d) 𝒂𝟐𝟕

(21) If A is a matrix of order 3×3 , then 𝑨𝒅𝒋 (𝟐𝑨) =.........

𝟏
(a) 2 Adj (A) (b) 𝟐 Adj(A) (c) 4 Adj(A) (d) 8 Adj(A)

(22) If A is a matrix of order 3×3 and 𝒄𝒋𝒌 denoted the cofactor of the element 𝒂𝒋𝒌 in the matrix A

, then 𝒂𝟏𝟏 𝒄𝟑𝟏 + 𝒂𝟐𝟏 𝒄𝟑𝟐 + 𝒂𝟑𝟏 𝒄𝟑𝟑=...........

(a) Zero (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 25

𝟑 𝟐
(23) If 𝑨 = ( ) , prove that 𝑨𝟐 − 𝟕𝑨 − 𝟖𝑰 =
𝟏𝟎 𝟒

, then use this relation to find the multiplicative inverse of the matrix A

𝟎 𝟐𝒚 𝒛
(24) If 𝑨 = (𝒙 𝒚 −𝒛) , 𝑨𝒕 = 𝑨−𝟏 , find the value of : 𝒙 , 𝒚 , 𝒛
𝒙 −𝒚 𝒛

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Answers
(7) b
(8) d
(9) c
(10) a
(11) d
(12) c
(13) c
(14) b
(15) b
(16) c
(17) d
(18) d
(19) b
(20) c
(21) c
(22) a
𝟏 −𝟒 𝟐
(23) ( )
𝟖 𝟏𝟎 −𝟑
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
(24) (± ,± ,± )
√𝟐 √𝟔 √𝟑