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CBSE Affiliation No.1130470

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Grade : XII : WORKSHEET : Mathematics (041)
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Chapter 4 Determinants

1 Show that the points (a + 5, a – 4), (a – 2, a + 3) and (a, a) do not lie on a straight line for
any value of a.

2 The area of a triangle with vertices (–3, 0), (3, 0) and (0, k) is 9 sq. units.Find the value of k .

3 0 1 1

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Find A– 1 if A = 1 0 1 and show that A– 1
1 1 0
= A 2−3 I
2

4 a−b b+ c a
Find the value of determinant b−a
|c +a b
c−a a+ b c |
5 If A, B and C are angles of a triangle, then find the value of the determinant

−1 cosC cosB
|
cosC −1 cosA
cosB cosA −1 |
6 There are two values of a having sum equal to -4 which makes determinant,
1 −2 5
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Δ = 2 a −1 = 86, then find these two values of a.
0 4 2a

7 If A+B+C = 0,then prove that

1 cosC cosB
|
cosC 1
cosB cosA
cosA = 0
1 |
8 xa yb zc a b c
If x + y + z = 0, prove that
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yc za xb = xyz c a b
zb xc ya b c a

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9 Prove that ( A−1 ) = ( A' ) ,where A is an invertible matrix.
−1

1 If the co-ordinates of the vertices of an equilateral triangle with sides of length ‘a’ are
2
0 x1 y1 1
(x1, y1), (x2, y2),
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(x3, y3), then prove that x 2
x3 y3 1
4
4
y2 1 = 3 a .