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Chapter 2 Matrices Miscellaneous Exercise 2 Solutions

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Maharashtra State Board 12th Commerce Maths Solutions Chapter 2 Matrices Miscellaneous Exercise 2

(I) Choose the correct alternative.

Question 1 Maharashtra Board Solution
If AX = B, where A = , B = then X = ___________ (a) (b) (c) (d)
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(c)
Question 2 Maharashtra Board Solution
The matrix is ___________ (a) identity matrix (b) scalar matrix (c) null matrix (d) diagonal matrix
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(b) scalar matrix
Question 3 Maharashtra Board Solution
The matrix is ___________ (a) identity matrix (b) diagonal matrix (c) scalar matix (d) null matrix
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(d) null matrix
Question 4 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = , then |adj A| = ___________ (a) a12 (b) a9 (c) a6 (d) a-3
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(c) a6 Hint: adj A = ∴ |adj A| = a2(a4 – 0) = a6
Question 5 Maharashtra Board Solution
Adjoint of is ___________ (a) (b) (c) (d)
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(a)
Question 6 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = diag. [d1, d2, d3, …, dn], where d1 ≠ 0, for i = 1, 2, 3, …….., n, then A-1 = ___________ (a) diag [1/d1, 1/d2, 1/d3, …, 1/dn] (b) D (c) I (d) O
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(a) diag [1/d1, 1/d2, 1/d3, …, 1/dn]
Question 7 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A2 + mA + nI = O and n ≠ 0, |A| ≠ 0, then A-1 = ___________ (a) (A + nI) (b) (A + mI) (c) (I + mA) (d) (A + mnI)
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(b) (A + mI) Hint: A2 + mA + nI = 0 ∴ (A2 + mA + nI). A-1 = 0. A-1 ∴ A(AA-1) + m(AA-1) + nIA-1 = 0 ∴ AI + mI + nA-1 = 0 ∴ nA-1 = -A – mI ∴ A-1 = (A + mI)
Question 8 Maharashtra Board Solution
If a 3 × 3 matrix B has its inverse equal to B, then B2 = ___________ (a) (b) (c) (d)
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(d) Hint: B-1 = B ∴ B2 = B.B-1 = I
Question 9 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = and |A3| = 729 then α = ___________ (a) ±3 (b) ±4 (c ) ±5 (d) ±6
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(c ) ±5 Hint: |A|= = α2 – 16 ∴ |A3| = |A|3 = (α2 – 16)3 = 729 ∴ α2 – 16 = 9 ∴ α2 = 25 ∴ α = ±5
Question 10 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A and B square matrices of order n × n such that A2 – B2 = (A – B)(A + B), then which of the following will be always true? (a) AB = BA (b) either A or B is a zero matrix (c) either of A and B is an identity matrix (d) A = B
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(a) AB = BA Hint: A2 – B2 = (A – B)(A + B) ∴ A2 – B2 = A2 + AB – BA – B2 ∴ 0 = AB – BA ∴ AB = BA
Question 11 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = then A-1 = ___________ (a) (b) (c) (d)
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(b)
Question 12 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A is a 2 × 2 matrix such that A(adj A) = , then |A| = ___________ (a) 0 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 25
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(b) 5 Hint: A(adj A) = |A|.I
Question 13 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A is a non-singular matrix, then det(A-1) = ___________ (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) det(A) (d) 1/det(A)
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(d) 1/det(A) Hint: AA-1 = I ∴ |A|.|A-1| = 1 ∴ |A-1| =
Question 14 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = , B = then AB = ___________ (a) (b) (c) (d)
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(c)
Question 15 Maharashtra Board Solution
If x + y + z = 3, x + 2y + 3z = 4, x + 4y + 9z = 6, then (y, z) = ___________ (a) (-1, 0) (b) (1, 0) (c) (1, -1) (d) (-1, 1)
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(b) (1, 0)

(II) Fill in the blanks:

Question 1 Maharashtra Board Solution
A = is ___________ matrix.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
column
Question 2 Maharashtra Board Solution
Order of matrix is ___________
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
2 × 3
Question 3 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = is a singular matrix, then x is ___________
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
2
Question 4 Maharashtra Board Solution
Matrix B = is a skew-symmetric, then value of p is ___________
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
-1
Question 5 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = [aij]2×3 and B = [bij]m×1, and AB is defined, then m = ___________
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
3
Question 6 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = , then cofactor of a12 is ___________
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
-2
Question 7 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = [aij]m×m is non-singular matrix, then A-1 = adj (A).
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
|A|
Question 8 Maharashtra Board Solution
(AT)T = ___________
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
A
Question 9 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = and A-1 = , then x = ___________
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
-1
Question 10 Maharashtra Board Solution
If a1x+ b1y = c1 and a2x + b2y = c2, then matrix form is
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:

(III) State whether each of the following is True or False:

Question 1 Maharashtra Board Solution
Single element matrix is row as well as a column matrix.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
True
Question 2 Maharashtra Board Solution
Every scalar matrix is unit matrix.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
False
Question 3 Maharashtra Board Solution
A = is non-singular matrix.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
True
Question 4 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A is symmetric, then A = -AT.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
False
Question 5 Maharashtra Board Solution
If AB and BA both exist, then AB = BA.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
False
Question 6 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A and B are square matrices of same order, then (A + B)2 = A2 + 2AB + B2.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
False
Question 7 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A and B are conformable for the product AB, then (AB)T = ATBT.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
False
Question 8 Maharashtra Board Solution
Singleton matrix is only row matrix.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
False
Question 9 Maharashtra Board Solution
A = is invertible matrix.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
False
Question 10 Maharashtra Board Solution
A(adj A) = |A| I, where I is the unit matrix.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
True.

(IV) Solve the following:

Question 1 Maharashtra Board Solution
Find k, if is a singular matrix.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
Let A = Since, A is singular matrix, |A| = 0 ∴ = 0 ∴ 7k – 15 = 0 ∴ k =
Question 2 Maharashtra Board Solution
Find x, y, z if is a symmetric matrix.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
By equality of matrices, x = 3, y = 5 and z = 5.

Question 3 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = , B = , C = then show that (A + B) + C = A + (B + C).
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
From (1) and (2), (A + B) + C = A + (B + C).

Question 4 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = , B = , find the matrix A – 4B + 7I, where I is the unit matrix of order 2.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:

Question 5 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = , B = verify (i) (A + 2BT)T = AT + 2B (ii) (3A – 5BT)T = 3AT – 5B
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:

Question 6 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = , B = thenshow that AB and BA are both singular matrices.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
∴ BA is also a singular matrix. Hence, AB and BA are both singular matrices.

Question 7 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = , B = , verify |AB| = |A| |B|.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:

Question 8 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = , then show that A2 – 4A + 3I = 0.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:

Question 9 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = , B = and (A + B)(A – B) = A2 – B2, find a and b.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(A + B)(A – B) = A2 – B2 ∴ A2 – AB + BA – B2 = A2 – B2 ∴ -AB + BA = 0 ∴ AB = BA By equality of matrices, -3 + 2b = -3 + 2a ……..(1) -3a = 2 + 4a ……..(2) 2 + 4b = -3b ……..(3) 2a = 2b ……..(4) From (2), 7a = -2 ∴ a = From (3), 7b = -2 ∴ b = These values of a and b also satisfy equations (1) and (4). Hence, a = and b =

Question 10 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = , then find A3.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:

Question 11 Maharashtra Board Solution
Find x, y, z if
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
∴ By equality of matrices, we get x – 1 = 0 ∴ x = 1 y + 1 = 6 ∴ y = 5 2z = 10 ∴ z = 5

Question 12 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = , B = then showthat(AB)T = BTAT.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:

Question 13 Maharashtra Board Solution
If A = , then reduce it to unit matrix by row tranformation.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:

Question 14 Maharashtra Board Solution
Two farmers Shantaram and Kantaram cultivate three crops rice, wheat, and groundnut. The sale (in ₹) of these crops by both the farmers for the month of April and May 2016 is given below: Find (i) the total sale in rupees for two months of each farmer for each crop. (ii) the increase in sales from April to May for every crop of each farmer.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
The given information can be written in matrix form as: (i) The total sale in ₹ for two months of each farmer for each crop can be obtained by the addition A + B. Now, A + B ∴ total sale in ₹ for two months of each farmer for each crop is given by Hence, the total sale for Shantaram are ₹ 33000 for Rice, ₹ 28000 for Wheat, ₹ 24000 for Groundnut, and for Kantaram are ₹ 39000 for Rice, ₹ 31500 for Wheat, ₹ 24000 for Groundnut. (ii) The increase in sales from April to May for every crop of each farmer can be obtained by the subtraction of A from B. Now, B – A Hence, the increase in sales from April to May of Shantam is ₹ 3000 in Rice, ₹ 2000 in Wheat, nothing in Groundnut and of Kantaram are ₹ 3000 in Rice, ₹ 1500 in Wheat, ₹ 8000 in Groundnut.

Question 15 Maharashtra Board Solution
Check whether following matrices are invertible or not: (i)
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
Let A = Then |A| = = 1 – 0 = 1 ≠ 0 ∴ A is a non-singular matrix. Hence, A-1 exists.

(ii) ≤ft[{array}{ll}
1 & 1 \\
1 & 1
{array}
Solution:
Let A = ≤ft[{array}{ll}
1 & 1 \\
1 & 1
{array}
Then |A| = ≤ft|{array}{ll}
1 & 1 \\
1 & 1
{array}
= 1 – 1
= 0
∴ A is a singular matrix.
Hence, A-1does not exist.

(iii) ≤ft[{array}{lll}
3 & 4 & 3 \\
1 & 1 & 0 \\
1 & 4 & 5
{array}
Solution:
Let A = ≤ft[{array}{lll}
3 & 4 & 3 \\
1 & 1 & 0 \\
1 & 4 & 5
{array}
Then |A| = ≤ft|{array}{lll}
3 & 4 & 3 \\
1 & 1 & 0 \\
1 & 4 & 5
{array}
= 3(5 – 0) – 4(5 – 0) + 3(4 – 1)
= 15 – 20 + 9
= 4 ≠ 0
∴ A is a non-singular matrix.
Hence, A-1exists.

(iv) ≤ft[{array}{lll}
1 & 2 & 3 \\
2 & 4 & 5 \\
2 & 4 & 6
{array}
Solution:
Let A = ≤ft[{array}{lll}
1 & 2 & 3 \\
2 & 4 & 5 \\
2 & 4 & 6
{array}
Then |A| = ≤ft|{array}{lll}
1 & 2 & 3 \\
2 & 4 & 5 \\
2 & 4 & 6
{array}
= 1(24 – 20) – 2(12 – 10) + 3(8 – 8)
= 4 – 4 + 0
= 0
∴ A is a singular matrix.
Hence, A-1does not exist.

Question 16 Maharashtra Board Solution
Find inverse of the following matrices (if they exist) by elementary transformation: (i)
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:

(ii) ≤ft[{array}{ll}
2 & 1 \\
7 & 4
{array}
Solution:

(iii) ≤ft[{array}{ccc}
2 & -3 & 3 \\
2 & 2 & 3 \\
3 & -2 & 2
{array}
Solution:

(iv) ≤ft[{array}{ccc}
2 & 0 & -1 \\
5 & 1 & 0 \\
0 & 1 & 3
{array}
Solution:

Question 17 Maharashtra Board Solution
Find the inverse of by adjoint method.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:

Question 18 Maharashtra Board Solution
Solve the following equations by method of inversion: (i) 4x – 3y – 2 = 0, 3x – 4y + 6 = 0
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
The given equations are 4x – 3y = 2 3x – 4y = -6 These equations can be written in matrix form as: By equality of matrices, x = , y = is the required solution.

(ii) x + y – z = 2, x – 2y + z = 3 and 2x – y – 3z = -1
Solution:
The given equations can be written in matrix form as:




By equality of matrices,
x = 3, y = 1, z = 2 is the required solution.

(iii) x – y + z = 4, 2x + y – 3z = 0 and x + y + z = 2
Solution:




Question 19 Maharashtra Board Solution
Solve the following equations by method of reduction: (i) 2x + y = 5, 3x – 5y = -3
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
The given equation can be written in matrix form as: By R2 – 5R1, we get By equality of matrices, 2x + y = 5 …….(1) -7x = -28 ……(2) From (2), x = 4 Substituting x = 4 in (1), we get 2(4) + y = 5 ∴ y = -3 Hence, x = 4 and y = -3 is the required solution.

(ii) x + 2y + z = 3, 3x – y + 2z = 1 and 2x – 3y + 3z = 2
Solution:
The given equations can be written in matrix form as:

By equality of matrices,
x + 2y + z = 3 …….(1)
-7y – z = -8 …….(2)
2z = 4 …….(3)
From (3), z = 2
Substituting z = 2 in (2), we get
-7y – 2 = -8
∴ -7y = -6
∴ y =
Substituting y = , z = 2 in (1), we get
x + 2() + 2 = 3
x = 3 – 2 – =
Hence, x = , y = and z = 2 is the required solution.

(iii) x – 3y + z = 2, 3x + y + z = 1 and 5x + y + 3z = 3.
Solution:



Question 20 Maharashtra Board Solution
The sum of three numbers is 6. If we multiply the third number by 3 and add it to the second number, we get 11. By adding first and third numbers we get a number that is double the second number. Use this information and find a system of linear equations. Find the three numbers using matrices.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
Let the three numbers be x, y, and z. According to the given condition, x + y + z = 6 3z + y = 11, i.e. y + 3z = 11 and x + z = 2y, i.e. x – 2y + z = 0 Hence, the system of linear equations is x + y + z = 6 y + 3z = 11 x – 2y + z = 0 These equations can be written in matrix form as: By equality of matrices, x + y + z = 6 …….(1) y + 3z = 11 ………(2) -3y = -6 ………(3) From (3), y = 2 Substituting y = 2 in (2), we get 2 + 3z = 11 ∴ 3z = 9 ∴ z = 3 Substituting y = 2, z = 3 in (1), we get x + 2 + 3 = 6 ∴ x = 1 ∴ x = 1, y = 2, z = 3 Hence, the required numbers are 1, 2 and 3.