CH- 4 DETERMINANT

2 3
1. Let A = [ ], then show that A2-4A+7I=0. Using this result calculate A3 also.
−1 2
𝑝𝑥 + 𝑦 𝑥 𝑦
2. If x, y, z are in G.P., then using properties of determinants show that | 𝑝𝑦 + 𝑧 𝑦 𝑧 |=0
0 𝑝𝑥 + 𝑦 𝑝𝑦 + 𝑧
where x ≠ 𝑦 ≠ 𝑧 and p is any real number.
𝑏+𝑐 𝑎 𝑎
3. Prove, using properties of determinants: | 𝑏 𝑐+𝑎 𝑏 | = 4𝑎𝑏𝑐.
𝑐 𝑐 𝑎+𝑏
4. In a survey of 20 richest person of three residential society A, B, C it is found that in society A, 5 believe in
honesty, 10 in hard work, 5 in unfair means while in B, 5 in honesty, 8 in hard work , 1 in unfair means and in C ,
6 in honesty, 8 in hard work , 6 in unfair means/ If the per day income of 20 richest person of society A,B,C are
Rs. 32500, Rs. 30500, Rs. 31000 resp. Then find the per day income of each type of people by matrix method.
2 3 10
𝑥
+𝑦+ 𝑧 =4
4 6 5
5. Solve by matrix method: 𝑥
− + =1.
𝑦 𝑧
6 9 20
{𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑧 = 2
(𝑎+𝑏)2
𝑐 𝑐
𝑐
| (𝑏+𝑐)2 |
6. Using property of determinant, prove that: 3
𝑎 | = 2(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐) .
| 𝑎 𝑎
(𝑐+𝑎)2
𝑏 𝑏 𝑏
7. Two institutions decided to award their employees for the three values of resourcefulness, competence and
determinations in the form of prizes at the rate of ₹x , ₹y and ₹z respectively per person. The first institution
decided to award respectively 4, 3 and 2 employees with a total prize money of ₹37000 and the second institution
decided to award respectively 5, 3 and 4 employees with a total prize money of ₹47000. If all the three prizes per
person together amount to ₹12000 then using matrix method , find the values of x, y and z.
8. Using properties of determinant, show that ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is isosceles if
1 1 1
| 1 + cos 𝐴 1 + cos 𝐵 1 + cos 𝐶 | = 0.
𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐴 + cos 𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐵 + cos 𝐵 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝐶 + cos 𝐶
2 2
1 1 sin 3𝜃
9. Find the value of 𝜃 satisfying |−4 3 cos 2𝜃 | = 0.
7 −7 −2
𝑏𝑐 − 𝑎2 𝑐𝑎 − 𝑏 2 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑐 2
10. Prove that: |𝑐𝑎 − 𝑏 2 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑐 2 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑎2 | is divisible by (a+ b+ c) and find the quotient.
𝑎𝑏 − 𝑐 2 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑎2 𝑐𝑎 − 𝑏 2
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃 1
11. Without expanding, show that: ∆= | 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃 2
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 −1| = 0.
42 40 2
cos 𝜃 − sin 𝜃
12. If 𝑓(𝜃) = [ ], prove that
sin 𝜃 cos 𝜃
(i) [𝑓(𝜃)]2 = [cos 2𝜃 − sin 2𝜃 ] (ii) [𝑓(𝜃)]3 = [
cos 3𝜃 − sin 3𝜃
]
sin 2𝜃 cos 2𝜃 sin 3𝜃 cos 3𝜃
cos (𝜃 + ∅) − sin(𝜃 + ∅)
(ii) 𝑓(𝜃)𝑓(∅) = [ ] (𝑖𝑣) 𝑓(𝜃)𝑓(−𝜃) = 𝑓(−𝜃)𝑓(𝜃) = 𝐼.
sin(𝜃 + ∅) cos (𝜃 + ∅)
1 −2 1
13. Let A = [−2 3 1], verify that [𝑎𝑑𝑗 𝐴]−1 = adj(𝐴−1 ) .
1 1 5
𝑦2 + 𝑧2 𝑧2 𝑦2
14. Using the properties of determinants, prove that for non-zero x, y and z, | 𝑧 2 𝑧2 + 𝑥2 𝑥 2 | is a
2 2
𝑦 𝑥 𝑦 + 𝑥2
2

perfect square.
15. The sum of three numbers is 6. If we multiply third number by 3 and add second number to it, we get 11. By
adding first and third numbers, we get double of the second number. Represent it algebraically and find the
numbers using matrix method.
𝑎 𝑝 𝑥 𝑝+𝑥 𝑎+𝑥 𝑎+𝑝
16. If ∆= |𝑏 𝑞 𝑦|= 16, then prove that: ∆1 = |𝑞 + 𝑦 𝑏 + 𝑦 𝑏 + 𝑞 | = 32.
𝑐 𝑟 𝑧 𝑟+𝑧 𝑐+𝑧 𝑐+𝑟
sin(𝐴 + 𝐵 + 𝐶) sin 𝐵 cos 𝐶
17. If 𝐴 + 𝐵 + 𝐶 = 𝜋, then find the value of | −𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐵 0 tan 𝐴|.
cos(𝐴 + 𝐵) − tan 𝐴 0
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