ASSIGNMENT CLASS-XII

SUB: MATHEMATICS
TOPIC : MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS
MINIMUM LEARNING

Q.1 Write a square matrix of order 2, which is both symmetric and skew-symmetric.
Ans. Zero matrix.
1 5 9 3 5 0
Q.2 If X – 2Y = , Y 2X . Find the value of X and Y.
3 8 12 1 9 11
7/3 5 3 5/3 5 6
Ans. X , y
5/3 26 / 3 34 / 3 7/3 25 / 3 35 / 3
2 3 1 6
Q.3 If A B , find a matrix C such that 2A + 3B + 4C is an identity matrix.
5 8 11 8
3/ 2 6
Ans. 43 39
4 4
6 5 11 0 6 5
Q.4 Find a matrix B, such that : B Ans. :
5 6 0 11 5 6

1 2 3
Q.5 A 3 2 1 show that A3 23A 40 I 0.
4 2 1

1 3 0 0
Q.6 If f (x) x2 2x 3 , find f (A) when A . Ans.
2 1 0 0
Q.7 In a departmental store customer X purchases 2 packets of tea, 4 kg of rice and 5 dozen
oranges. Customer Y purchases 1 packet of tea, 5 kg of rice and 24 oranges. Price of 1
pack of tea is Rs. 54, 1 kg of rice is Rs. 22 and that of one dozen oranges is Rs. 24. Using
matrix multiplication method calculate individual bill of X & Y.
Ans. X = Rs. 316, Y = Rs. 212.
Q.8 The department of education runs 120 colleges and 15 universities having a strength of
300 lecturers, 100 readers and 50 professors in the universities and 5000 lecturers and
1000 readers in colleges. The monthly salary is Rs. 9000 for professors, Rs. 8000 for
readers and Rs. 5000 for lecturers. Find the monthly salary bill in the colleges and
universities using matrix multiplication., Ans. Rs. 3,30,00,000, Rs. 27,50,000.

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 6 2 5
Q.9 Express the matrix 2 5 3 as the sum of a symmetric and a skew-symmetric
3 3 1
matrix.
0 a 3
Q.10 If the matrix 2 b 1 is skew symmetric. Find the value of a, b and c.
c 1 0
Ans. a = – 2, b = 0, c = –3.
Q.11 Three schools A, B and C organized a mela for collecting funds for helping the
rehabilitation of flood victims. They sold hand made fans, mats and plates from recycled
material at a cost of Rs. 25, Rs. 100 and Rs. 50 each. The number of articles sold are
given below:
School/Article A B C
Hand fans 40 25 35
Mats 50 40 50
Plates 20 30 40
Find the funds collected by each school separately by selling the above articles. Also find
the total funds collected for the purpose using matrix multiplication. Write one value
generated by the above situation.
Ans. A = Rs. 7000, B = Rs. 6125, C = Rs. 7875 = Total Rs. 21000
Q.12 Using elementary transformations, find the inverse of the following matrices:
1 3 2 3 1 2
(i) 3 0 1 (ii) 2 0 1
2 1 0 3 5 0

1 2 3 5 10 1
1
Ans. (i) 2 4 7 (ii) 3 6 1
8
3 5 9 10 12 2

a 1 0
Q.13 If f (x) ax a 1 then find the value of f(2x) – f(x).
ax 2 ax a

Ans. a (2ax + 3x2)

3 1 1 1 2 2
Q.14 If A 1
15 6 5;B 1 3 0 , find (AB)–1
5 2 2 0 2 1

2
 9 3 5
Ans. 2 1 0
1 0 2

Q.15 Using properties of determinants solve for x.

x 2 2x 3 3x 4
x 4 2x 9 3x 16 0
x 8 2x 27 3x 64
Ans. x = 4
Q.16 Using matrices solve following system of linear equations :
2 3 10 4 6 5 6 9 20
(i) 4 1 2
x y z x y z x y z
(ii) x 2y 3z 4 2x 3y 2z 2 3x 3y 4z 11
Ans. (i) x = 2, y = 3, z = 5
(ii) x = 3, y = –2, z = 1
2 0 1
3 2 –1
Q.17 If A satisfies the equation A – 6A + 11A – I = 0 using this find A for A 5 1 0
0 1 3

3 1 1
Ans. 15 6 5
5 2 2

OTHER PRACTICE PROBLEMS AND HOTS

Q.18 If A is an invertible matrix of order 3 and |A| = –5 then find |ad A|.
Ans. 25
Q.19 If A is a square matrix of order 3 and |A| = 7, then find the value of |5A|.
Ans. 875
Q.20 Given a square matrix A of order 3×3, such that |A| = 12, find the value of |A. ad A|.
Ans. 1728
a x a x a x
Q.21 Using properties of determinants solve for x a x a x a x 0
a x a x a x

Ans. x = 0, 3a
Q.22 Using properties of determinants, prove that :

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 bc b 2 bc c 2 bc
(i) a 2 ac ac c 2 ac (ab bc ca)3
a 2 ab b 2 ab ab

a b c
(ii) a b b c c a a3 b3 c3 3abc
b c c a a b

(b c) 2 a2 a2
(iii) b2 (c a) 2 b2 2abc(a b c)3
c2 c2 (a b) 2

x y x x
(iv) 5x 4y 4x 2x x3
10x 8y 8x 3x

a bx c dx p qx a c p
2
(v) ax b cx d px q (1 x ) b d q
u v w u v w

Q.23 The sum of 3 numbers is 6. If we multiply the third number by 2 and add the first number
to the result we get 7. By adding 2nd & 3rd numbers to 3 times the first number we get 12.
Use matrix method to find the numbers.
Ans. 3, 1, 5/2
Q.24 Two schools P and Q want to award their selected students on the values of Discipline,
Politeness and Punctuality. The school P wants to award Rs. x each, Rs. y each and Rs. z
each for the three respective values to its 3, 2 and 1 students with a total award money of
Rs. 1000. School Q wants to spend Rs. 1500 to award its 4, 1 and 3 students on the
respective values. If the total amount of awards for one prize on each value is Rs. 600,
using matrices, find the award money for each value. Apart from the above three values,
suggest one more value for awards.
Ans. Discipline = Rs. 100, Politeness = Rs. 200, Punctuality = Rs. 300
2 3 5
Q.25 If A 3 2 4 , find A–1, using A–1 solve the following system of linear equations.
1 1 2

2x 3y 5z 11, 3x 2y 4z 4, x y 2z 3
Ans. x = 3, y = –2, z = 1

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Q.26 Use products 0 2 3 9 2 3 to solve the system of equations:
3 2 4 6 1 2

x y 2z 1, 2y 3z 1, 3x 2y 4z 2
Ans. x = 0, y = 5, z = 3
Q.27 Show the following using properties:
(b c) 2 ba ca
2
(i) ab (c a) cb 2abc(a b c)3
ac bc (a b) 2

1 a a2 bc
(ii) 1 b b2 ca 0
2
1 c c ab

b2c2 bc b c
(iii) c2a 2 ca c a 0
2 2
a b ab a b

Q.28 If a, b, c are in A.P., find the value of :

2y 4 5y 7 8y a
3y 5 6y 8 9y b
4y 6 7y 9 10y c

Ans. = 0

Prepared by : D. Bansal