CLASS 12 – MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS EXAM MAXIMUM MARKS: 40

1 −1
1. Find x if, [𝑥 1] [ ]=𝑂 1
2 0
5 2 3 6
2. If A = [ ] and B= [ ] find 3A – 2B. 2
0 9 0 −1
𝑥
3. If [4𝑥 8] [ ] = 𝑂, then find x. 1
−16
4 𝑥+2
4. If A = [ ] is a symmetric matrix then find x. 1
2𝑥 − 3 𝑥 + 1
5. What is the number of all possible matrices of order 2 × 3 with each entry 1
0, 1 or 2.
2
6. If A = [ 1 0 4 ] and B= [ 5 ] find AB and B’A’.
6 3
7. If |𝐴| = 64 and A is a square matrix of order 3 then 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 |𝐴−1 | 𝑎𝑛𝑑 |𝑎𝑑𝑗 𝐴| = ?
2
𝑥 − 𝑦 2𝑥 + 𝑧 −1 5
8. Find x, y, w and z if [ ]=[ ]
2𝑥 − 𝑦 3𝑥 + 𝑤 0 13 2
3 3 1
9. Express Matrix [−2 −2 1] as sum of symmetric and skew symmetric matrices. 3
−4 −5 2
1 −1 0
10. Find 𝑓(𝐴) where 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝐴 + 𝑦𝐼 = 𝑂 and 𝐴 = [0 −3 2]
1 2 3 4
11. If A is a square matrix, such that 𝐴2 = 𝐴, then write the value of 7𝐴3 + 4𝐴2 −
2
(𝐼 + 𝐴)3 , where I, is an identity matrix.
2 −1 5 4 2 5 2
12. Find a matrix D such that 𝐶𝐷 − 𝐴𝐵 = 𝑂 where [ ], B= [ ] and C = [ ].
3 4 7 2 3 8
1 1 1
13. For matrix A = [1 2 −3], show that 𝐴3 − 6𝐴2 + 5𝐴 + 11𝐼 = 𝑂. Hence find
2 −1 3 4
𝐴−1 .
−2 2 1 3 5 4
14. If A = [ 3 −2 1 ]and B = [5 5 5 ]. Using the product AB, solve the system
4
−1 1 −2 1 0 −2
of equations −2𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 14, 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = −5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 𝑥 + 𝑦 − 2𝑧 = −8.
15. Use the matrices to solve the system of equations 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0, 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 =
8 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 𝑧 = −1 4
16. Prove that B'AB is symmetric or skew symmetric according to A being symmetric 4
or skew symmetric.