VGN CHINMAYA VIDYALAYA, AVADI
MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS
1 −2 0 7 2 −6
1. If 𝐴 = 2 1 3 , 𝐵 = −2 1 −3 , find AB and hence solve the following equations:
0 −2 1 −4 2 5
𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 10; 2𝑥 + 𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 8, −2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 7
−3 −2 −4 1 2 0
2. If 𝐴 = 2 1 2 , 𝐵 = −2 −1 −2 , find AB and hence solve the following equations:
2 1 3 0 −1 1
𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 3; 2𝑥 − 𝑦 − 𝑧 = 2, −2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 3
3 1 2
3. If 𝐴 = 3 2 −3 , Find 𝐴 . Hence, solve the system of equations:
2 0 1
3𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 1; 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 4; 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 − 𝑧 = 5
1 2 1
4. If 𝐴 = 1 −1 −2 , Find 𝐴 . Hence, solve the system of equations:
1 1 3
2𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 3; −𝑥 + 𝑦 − 2𝑧 = 0; 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 2
1 1 1
5. Given 𝐴 = 2 3 2 , find 𝐴 . Use it to solve the following system of equations:
1 1 2
2𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 2; 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 1; 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 4.
6. Solve the system of the following equations:
+ + = 2, − + = 5, + − = −4
7. A typist charges Rs.145 for typing 10 English and 3 Hindi pages, while charges for typing 3
English and 10 Hindi pages are Rs.180. Using matrices, find the charges of typing one English
and one Hindi page separately. However typist charged only Rs.2 per page from a poor student
Shyam for 5 Hindi pages. How much less was charged from shyam?
⎡ −4 ⎤
0 1 3
⎢ ⎥
8. If 𝐴 = 1 2 𝑥 and 𝐴 = ⎢− 3 − ⎥, then find the value of 𝑥 and 𝑦.
2 3 1 ⎢ ⎥
⎣ 𝑦 ⎦