MATHEMATICS

ASSIGNMENT BOOKLET
CLASS XII

(SESSION – 2020-21)

CHAPTER 4 : DETERMINANTS

STUDENT’S NAME: ___________________

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IMPORTANT FORMULAE (DETERMINANTS)

1) 𝒂(𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨) = (𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨)𝑨 = |𝑨|𝑰

2) |𝑨. 𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨| = |𝑨|𝒏 , where n is the order of the matrix.

3) 𝒂𝒅𝒋(𝒌𝑨) = 𝒌𝒏−𝟏 (𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨)

4) 𝒂𝒅𝒋(𝑨/ ) = (𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨)/

5) |𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨| = |𝑨|𝒏−𝟏 , where n is the order of the matrix.

6) |𝑨𝑩| = |𝑨||𝑩|

7) |𝒌𝑨| = 𝒌𝒏 |𝑨|, where n is the order of the matrix.

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8) (𝒌𝑨)−𝟏 = (𝑨−𝟏 )
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9) (𝑨𝑩)−𝟏 = 𝑩−𝟏 𝑨−𝟏

−𝟏
10) (𝑨/ ) = (𝑨−𝟏 )/

11) 𝒂𝒅𝒋(𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨) = |𝑨|𝒏−𝟐 . 𝑨, where n is the order of the matrix.

𝟏
12) If A is non-singular matrix (𝒂𝒅𝒋𝑨)−𝟏 = |𝑨| 𝑨

13) (𝑨𝑩𝑪)/ = 𝑪/ 𝑩/ 𝑨/
𝒏
14) (𝑨𝒏 )/ = (𝑨/ )

15) |𝑨| = |𝑨/ |

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 sin 𝐴 − sin 𝐵
1) Find the value of | | where A = 63 o and B = 27 o
cos 𝐴 cos 𝐵

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2) Find the integral value of x, if | 0 2 1| = 28
3 1 4
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3) If a square matrix of order 2 and │A│= -5 find the value of │3 A│

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4) If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in AP, then find the value of
2𝑦 + 4 5𝑦 + 7 8𝑦 + 𝑎
|3𝑦 + 5 6𝑦 + 8 9𝑦 + 𝑏 | = 0
4𝑦 + 6 7𝑦 + 9 10𝑦 + 𝑐

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 5) Using properties of determinants, prove the following
𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 𝑐2 𝑐2
a) | 𝑎2 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 𝑎2 | = 4𝑎2 𝑏 2 𝑐 2
𝑏2 𝑏2 𝑐 2 + 𝑎2

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 – 𝑎(𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 − 𝑎2 ) 2𝑏 3 2𝑐 3
b) | 2𝑎3 −𝑏(𝑐 2 + 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 ) 2𝑐 3 |=abc(𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 )3
2𝑎3 2𝑏 3 −𝑐(𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 − 𝑐 2 )

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 𝑎−𝑏−𝑐 2𝑎 2𝑎
c)| 2𝑏 𝑏−𝑐−𝑎 2𝑏 | = (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)2
2𝑐 2𝑐 𝑐−𝑎−𝑏

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 −𝑎2 𝑎𝑏 𝑎𝑐
d) | 𝑎𝑏 −𝑏 2 𝑏𝑐 | = 4 𝑎2 𝑏 2 𝑐 2
𝑐𝑎 𝑏𝑐 −𝑐 2

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 𝑎2 𝑏𝑐 𝑎𝑐 + 𝑐 2
e) |𝑎2 + 𝑎𝑏 𝑏2 𝑎𝑐 |= 4𝑎2 𝑏 2 𝑐 2
𝑎𝑏 𝑏 2 + 𝑏𝑐 𝑐2

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 (𝑏 + 𝑐)2 𝑏𝑎 𝑐𝑎
f) | 𝑎𝑏 (𝑐 + 𝑎)2 𝑐𝑏 |= 2abc(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)3
𝑎𝑐 𝑏𝑐 (𝑎 + 𝑏)2

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 1 + 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 2𝑎𝑏 −2𝑏
g) | 2𝑎𝑏 1 − 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 2𝑎 | = (1 + 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 )3
2𝑏 −2𝑎 1 − 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2

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 𝑎 𝑏 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦
h) | 𝑏 𝑐 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐𝑦 | = (𝑏 2 − 𝑎𝑐)(𝑎𝑥 2 + 2𝑏𝑥𝑦 + 𝑐𝑦 2 )
𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐𝑦 0

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 𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
i) |𝑎 − 𝑏 𝑏−𝑐 𝑐 − 𝑎 | = 𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 + 𝑐 3 − 3𝑎𝑏𝑐
𝑏+𝑐 𝑐+𝑎 𝑎+𝑏

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 1 2 2
6) If A =[2 1 2] , prove that 𝐴2 − 4𝐴 − 5 𝐼 = 0 , Hence find A –1
2 2 1

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7) Using matrix method, solve the following system of equations
a) 2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 3, −𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 𝑧 = −4 , 𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 1

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 b) 2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 3𝑧 = 13, 𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑧 = 64 , 2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 4𝑧 = −12

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 3 −2 1
8) If A = [ 2 1 −3] find A –1, Using A-1 solve the system of equations
−1 2 1

3𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 2 , 2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 3𝑧 = −5 , −𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 6.

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 1 −1 2 −2 0 1
9) If A=[0 2 −3] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 = [ 9 2 −3] find AB and Use it to
3 −2 4 6 1 −2
solve the equations 𝑥 − 𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 1, 2𝑦 − 3𝑧 = 1, 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 4𝑧 = 2.

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10 ) Solve the following system of equations , using matrices
2 3 10 4 6 5 6 9 20
+ + =4 , − + =1, + − =2
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 𝑥 𝑦 𝑧

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 2 3 1
11. If 𝐴 = [−3 2 1 ] , find 𝐴−1 . Using 𝐴−1 solve the following system
5 −4 −2
of linear equations:
2𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 5𝑧 = 16, 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 4𝑧 = −4, 𝑥 + 𝑦 − 2𝑧 = −3

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 12. Using properties of determinants prove that
1 1+𝑝 1+𝑝+𝑞
|3 4 + 3𝑝 2 + 4𝑝 + 3𝑞 | = 1
4 7 + 4𝑝 2 + 7𝑝 + 4𝑞

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 13. Without expanding the determinant at any stage ,prove that
0 2 −3
|−2 0 4 |=0
3 −4 0

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 𝜋
14. Find the values of 𝜃 lying between 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 which satisfy the equation
2
1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 4𝑠𝑖𝑛4𝜃
2 2
| 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 4 sin 4𝜃 | = 0
2 2
𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 1 + 4 sin 4𝜃

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 𝑎 𝑏 𝑎𝛼 + 𝑏
15. If | 𝑏 𝑐 𝑏𝛼 + 𝑐 | = 0 and 𝛼 is not a root of the equation
𝑎𝛼 + 𝑏 𝑏𝛼 + 𝑐 0
a𝑥 2 + 2𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0, then show that 𝑏 2 = 𝑎𝑐.

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APPLICATION QUESTIONS
1. 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 ₹ 𝑥 each, ₹ 𝑦 each and ₹ 𝑧
each for the three respective values to its 3, 2 and 1 students with a total award
money of ₹1000. School Q wants to spend ₹1500 to award its 4, 1,3 students on
the respective values. If the total amount for one prize on each value is ₹600, using
matrices, find the award money for each value.

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 2. The management committee of a residential colony decided to award some of its
members (say x) for honesty , some (say y) for helping others and some (say z) for
supervising the workers to keep the colony neat and clean, The sum of all its awardees
is 12. Three times the sum of awardees for cooperation and supervision added to two
times the number of awardees for honesty is 33. If the sum of the number of
awardees for honesty and supervision is twice the number of awardees for helping
others, using matrix method, find the number of awardees of each category.
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PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS

1. If 𝐴 is a 3 × 3 invertible matrix, then what will be the value of 𝑘,if

det(𝐴−1 ) = (𝑑𝑒𝑡𝐴)𝑘 . ( 1 mark)

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2. Find the maximum value of |1 1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 1 |( 1 mark)
1 1 1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃

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𝑥+𝑦 𝑦+𝑧 𝑧+𝑥

Write the value of :
3. ∆= | 𝑧 𝑥 𝑦 | ( 1 mark)
−3 −3 −3

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4. If for any 2 × 2matrix 𝐴, 𝐴. (𝑎𝑑𝑗𝐴) = [ ] , then write the value of
0 8
|𝐴|. ( 1 mark)
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5. If 𝐴 is a skew-symmetric matrix of order 3, then prove that det 𝐴 = 0.

(2 marks)
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6. If 𝐴 and 𝐵 are square matrices of order 3 such that |𝐴| = −1, |𝐵| = 3,
then find the value of |2𝐴𝐵| ( 2 marks)

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7. If 𝐴 is a square matrix of order 3, |𝐴| ≠ 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 |3𝐴| = 𝑘|𝐴|, then write

the value of k.( 1 mark)

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8. A trust invested some money in two types of bonds. The first bond pays
10 % interest and second bond pays 12% interest. The trust received ₹
2,800 as interest. However, if the trust had interchanged money in
bonds, they would have got ₹100 as interest. Using matrix method find
the amount invested by the trust, Interest received on this amount will
be given to HelpAge India as donation. ( 4 marks)
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9. Using the properties of determinants ,show that triangle ABC is
1 1 1
isosceles if | 1 + cos 𝐴 1 + cos 𝐵 1 + cos 𝐶 | = 0
𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝐴 + cos 𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝐵 + cos 𝐵 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝐶 + cos 𝐶
(6 marks)

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 10. A shopkeeper has 3 varieties of pens ‘A’, ‘B ‘ and ‘C ‘ . Meenu purchased
1 pen of each variety for a total of ₹ 21. Jeevan purchased 4 pens of ‘A’
variety, 3 pens of ‘B’ variety and 2 pens of ‘C’ variety for ₹60. While
Shikha purchased 6 pens of ‘A ‘ variety , 2 pens of ‘B ‘ variety and 3
pens of ‘C ‘ variety for ₹ 70. Using matrix method, find the cost of each
variety of pen. ( 6 marks)

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 The monthly incomes of Aryan and Babban are in the ratio 3:4 and their
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monthly expenditures are in the ratio 5:7, if each saves ₹15,000 per month,
find their monthly income using matrix method. (4 marks)
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 𝑎 −1 0
12. If 𝑓(𝑥) = | 𝑎𝑥 𝑎 −1|, using the properties of determinants ,
𝑎𝑥 2 𝑎𝑥 𝑎
find the value of 𝑓(2𝑥) − 𝑓(𝑥). ( 4 marks)
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 𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
13. If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 ≠ 0 and |𝑏 𝑐 𝑎| = 0, then using the properties of
𝑐 𝑎 𝑏
determinants ,prove that 𝑎 = 𝑏 = 𝑐. (4 marks)
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 𝑦𝑧 − 𝑥 2 𝑧𝑥 − 𝑦 2 𝑥𝑦 − 𝑧 2
14. Prove that |𝑧𝑥 − 𝑦 2 𝑥𝑦 − 𝑧 2 𝑦𝑧 − 𝑥 2 | is divisible by (𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧),
𝑥𝑦 − 𝑧 2 𝑦𝑧 − 𝑥 2 𝑧𝑥 − 𝑦 2
hence find the quotient. ( 6 marks)
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 IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
1. Prove that determinant of a skew-symmetric matrix of odd order is
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4. If 𝐴 is an invertible matrix of order 3 × 3 and |𝐴| = 7, then find
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5. If 𝐴 is an invertible matrix of the order 3 × 3 and |𝐴| = 4,then find
|𝑎𝑑𝑗(𝑎𝑑𝑗𝐴)|
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6. If 𝐴 is a square matrix of order 3 × 3 such that |𝐴| = 3, find |𝐴(𝑎𝑑𝑗𝐴)|
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9. If 𝐴 and 𝐵 are square matrices of order 3 such that |𝐴| = −1 and

|𝐵| = 4, what is the value of |3𝐴𝐵|?
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13.If 𝐴 and 𝐵 are square matrix of same order such that |𝐴| =
6, 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐼, then write the value of |𝐵|
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14.If 𝐴 is a square matrix of order 3 and |2𝐴| = 𝑘|𝐴|, then find the value
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16.If a matrix [ 6 −𝑥 2 ] is symmetric , find the value of 𝑥.

2𝑥 − 15 10
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𝑎 0 0
17.If 𝐴 = [0 𝑎 0], then find 𝐴𝑛 .
0 0 𝑎
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18.If 𝐴 = [ 2 −1 2] is a singular matrix, find the value of 𝑥.
−10 5 2
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 ANSWERS

DETERMINANTS

2) -45 7) a) 5/3,-8/3,-3 b) 1,2,3 8)1,2,3 9) 0,5,3 10) 2,3,5 11) 2,1,3

APPLICATION QUESTIONS

1) ₹100, ₹200, ₹300 2) 3,4,5

PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS

1) -1 4) 8 6) -24 7) 27 8) 10000 , 15000 10) 5,8,8 11) 90000, 120000

12)3𝑎𝑥 2 + 2𝑎2 𝑥

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
3 |𝐴|
2) 𝑘 3) -1 4)7A 5) 256 6) 27 7) 25
8) 25 9) -108 10) 25 11) 0 12) ±1
13) 1/6 14) 8 16) -5,3 17) 𝑎𝑛 𝐼 18) -3

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