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In all cases, show your workings and provide reasonable justifications for the steps in your argu-
ments; marks are allocated for correct and appropriate workings, not just for the final answers.
2x 3y + 7 = 0
4x + 5y 12 = 0
4 5 1 j
2. (a) Evaluate the following determinants: and , where j is the imaginary
7 3 j 1
unit.
(b) Solve the below pair of simultaneous equations using determinants:
2x + 4y 10 = 0
5x 2y + 8 = 0
(a) Evaluate the above determinant by expanding along the top row.
(b) Evaluate the above determinant by expanding along the middle column.
1
9 b d
2 -3 7
5- 12
4
bidz bzdi
a)
-
✗ =
9
, bz -
92 be
= 2 (5) - C- 3) (4)
=
10 -
l -
12 )
= 22
= 10 -
C - 12 )
91 be
b) Do =
/ 92 bz = 22
bid , = 36 -
( 35 )
D , =
bzdz I
=
☐ 91 di = -24 -
28
2 =
92 dz = -
52
n
I
y
= - =
I ☐ Do
2
I
f- 52 )
(1)
122 y=
-
on ≈
22
I
=
= 26
22 It
a) 4 -5
=
12 -
( 35 )
-
7 3
= 47
I j
j I
= I -
j2
=
I -
f- 1)
= 2
10=0 a b d
b) 2h +
4y -
-10
2 4
5h 2y 1-8=0
-
8
5- 2
9 b = -4 -20
/
' '
Do =
92 bz = -24
bi di = 32 -
( 20 )
D , =
bzdz 12
=
( -50 )
☐ = 91 di = 16 -
92 dz = 66
n
I
y
= - =
☐ I ☐ Do
2
a = 1- ( 12 ) y=
-
÷ 24
166 )
-
24
1-
,¥
= - =
2
a) 2 4 7
53 I
133g
5
5 I 3 4 + 7
= 2 -
3
86 8
8 3 6
= 2
[ 6- 9 ] -
4 [30-24]+7 [15-8]
=
2 I -
3) -
4 (6) + > (7)
= - 6-24+49
= 19
b) 2 47
27
5 3 27
5 I 3 + I 3
= -
4 6
-
5 3
8 6 8
8 3 6
35 ]
=
-4 [30-24] + [12-56] -3 [ 6-
= -4 (6) + ( -44 ) -
3/-29 )
=
19