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HIGHLY ORDER THINKING QUESTIONS

HOTS - MATRICES / DETERMINANTS

a-x a b

1)
If a + b + c = 0 and c b−x a =0
then prove that either x = 0 or x = ±
3 2
2
a + b 2 + c2 ( )
b a c−x

p q  2
2) If A =   is such that A = I then find the value of I-P2+qr
 r - p

cosθ - sinθ T
3) If A = 
sin θ cosθ  and A + A = I . Find the possible values of θ θ = Π 3
 
4) Inverse of a square matrix is unique. Give an example to prove it?

x −3 x −4 x −a
x −2 x −3 x −b = 0
5) Prove that , where a, b, c are in A.P.
x −1 x − 2 x − c

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a2 bc ac +c 2

6) Using properties of Determinants prove that :

a 2 + ab

ay b2 ac = 4a 2b 2 c 2

d
ab b 2 + ac c2

 2 − 3
s t o
7)
 

d i e
Express  1 4  as sum of the symmetric and skew symmetric matrices.

(b + c)2
s t u
.
ab ca
2
bc = 2abc(a + b + c)2

w
ab +
(a c)
8) Prove that (Use properties to prove the above)

w
ca bc (a + b)2

w x
sin α
− sin α cos α
−x 1
9) Prove the determinant is independent as α (Ans: Scalar term)
cos α 1 x

10) The total number of elements in a matrix represents a prime number. How many possible orders
a matrix can have. 2

 2 − 1 − 1 − 8 − 10
 0 1 X =  
11) Find the matrix X such that :   3 4 0 
− 2 4  10 20 10 

12) If f(x) = 3x2-9x+7, then for a square matrix A, write f(A) (3A2-9A+7I)

 (a + 1) (a + 2) (a + 2) 1
(a 2) (a 3) a 3) 1 = - 2
+ + + 
13) Prove that 
(a + 3) (a + 4) (a + 4) 1

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 Cos2 A CosASinA  Cos2B CosBSinB

14) If  2 , Y =  
CosASinA Sin A  CosBSinB Sin2B 

then show that XY is a zero matrix, provided (A-B) is an odd multiple of Π 2

x 3 7
2 x 2 =0
15) Give that x = -9 is a root of find the other roots. Hint: Evaluate, find other roots.
7 6 x

 3 1
16) If A = 7 5 find x and y such that A2+xI = yA. Find A-1
 
17) If P and Q are equal matrices of same order such that PQ = QP, then prove by induction that
PQn = QnP. Further, show that (PQ)n = Pn x Qn

2 0 0
 
A = 0 2 0, then A 5 = ? I3
18) If
0 0 2

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19) If A and B are two matrices such that AB = B and BA = A then A2+B2 = ____?_____\

1 1 1 3n−1 3n−1 3n−1 

 
ay
d
A = 1 1 1 then prove that A n = 3n−1 3n−1 3n−1  n ε N

o
20) If

t
1 1 1 3n−1 3n−1 3n−1 

s
 

21) Find the values of a, b, c if the matrix

d i e
0 2b c

s t u
A=
a −b c
w .
a b − c satisfy the equation A|A = I3

22)
w w
Assume X, Y, Z, W and P are matrices of order (2 x n), (3xk), (n x 3) and (p x k) respectively, then
the restriction on n, k and p so that py + my will be defined are : (k=3, p=n)
23) Let A and B be 3 x 3 matrices such that AT = -A and BT = B. Then the matrix λ (AB+3BA) is skew
symmetric matrix for λ . ( λ =3)

 3 1  39 55 
24) If A =  − 1 2  , show that A2—5A+7I = 0, use the result to find A 4 − 55 − 16 
   

k 2 
25) For what value of ‘K’ the matrix 3 4  has no inverse. (K = 3/2)
 
26) If A is a non-singular matrix of order 3 and |A| = -4 Find |adj A| (16)

a11 a 12 
27) Given A =   such that | A | = - 10. Find a11c11 + a12 c12 (10)
a 21 a 22 

x b c
x y z
a y c = 0, then find the value of + +
28) If x -a y − b z − c (2)
a b z

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 2 − 3
29) If A = 3 4  satisfies the equation :
 

 1  4 3 
x2-6x+17 = 0 find A
−1
Ans :    
 17 − 3 2 

 2 4  0 2   1 6 
30) Find the matrix x if  1 3  x  1 3  = 3 − 2 
     

1 − 53 18 
X =-  
4  25 − 10 

cos a − sin a 0 
 sin a cos a 0  then show that [P(x)]−1 = [P(− x)]
31) If P(a) =  
 0 0 1

32) If two matrices A-1 and B are given how to find (AB)-1 verify with an example.
(Find B-1 then find B-1 x A-1)

 1 − 2 1
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− 2 3 1

y
33) If A =   Verify (AdjA)-1 = adj(A-1)

a
 1 1 5

t od
 3 1
34)

i e s
Find the values of a and b such that A2 + aI = bA where A = 7 5
 
(a=b=8)

 cos α sin α 

t u d
If P(α) = − sin α cos α  show that p(α) x p(β) = p(α + β)

s
35)

.
 

36)
w w
 cos θ i sin θ  n  cos nθ i sin nθ
If A =  i sin θ cos θ  then prove by Mathematical Induction that : A = i sin nθ cos nθ 

w
   

 3 − 4 1 2
1 3
37) If A = − 1 2  find Matrix B such that AB = I, Ans : B = 
   2 2 

x y z
y z x is negative.
38) If x, y, z are positive and unequal show that the value of determinant
z x y

sin(A + B + C) sin B cos C

− sin B 0 tan A = 0
39) If A + B + C = Π, show that
cos(A + B) − tan A 0

40) Find the quadratic function defined by the equation f(x) = ax 2+bx+c
if f(o) = 6, f(2) = 11, f(-3) = 6, using determinants.

log x p 1
log y q 1 = 0
41) If x, y and z all positive, are pth, qth and rth terms of a G.P. Prove that
log z r 1

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2y + 4 5y + 7 8 y + a
3y + 5 6 y + 8 9y + b
42) If a, b, c are in A.P. then find the value of : (O)
4 y + 6 7 y + 9 10 y + c

 cos θ sin θ  n  cos 2θ sin 2θ 

43) If A =  − sin θ cos θ then show that A =  − sin 2θ cos 2 θ
   

0 0 1 1 0 0
  0 1 0 
0 1 0 find A 2 Hence find A 6 
44) If A =  Ans: 
 1 0 0 0 0 1

 1 0 2  x 
[x − 5 − 1]0 2 1 4  = 0
45) Find x, if Ans: x = ±4 3
2 0 3  1

46) If P and Q are invertible matrices of same order, then show that PQ is also invertible.
47) If the points (2,0), (0,5) and (x,y) are collinear give a relation between x and y.

3 y 3 2

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Let x 1 = 4 1 find the possible values of x and y, find the values if x = y.

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48)

ay
d
 n b(a n −1) 
a b  a 

o
n
  prove that A = a − 1 , n ε N

t
49) If A = 0 1 
 

s
0 1 

50) For any square matrix verify A(adj A) = |A|I

d i e
s t u
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