Determinants Class 12 Mathematics Exam Questions

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Class 12 Mathematics Exam Questions Determinants

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Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question. If area of triangle is 35 square units with vertices (2, −6), (5, 4), and (k, 4). Then k is
A. 12 B. −2 C. −12, −2 D. 12, −2
Answer. 12, -2

Question. Find the inverse of the matrix

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Question. Write Minors and Cofactors of the elements of following determinant:

Answer. By the definition of minors and cofactors, we have:

A₁₁ = cofactor of a₁₁= (−1)¹⁺¹M₁₁= 1
A₁₂ = cofactor of a₁₂= (−1)¹⁺² M₁₂= 0
A₁₃ = cofactor of a₁₃= (−1)¹⁺³ M₁₃= 0
A₂₁ = cofactor of a₂₁= (−1)²⁺¹ M₂₁= 0
A₂₂ = cofactor of a₂₂= (−1)²⁺² M₂₂= 1
A₂₃ = cofactor of a₂₃= (−1)²⁺³ M₂₃= 0
A₃₁ = cofactor of a₃₁= (−1)³⁺¹ M₃₁= 0
A₃₂ = cofactor of a₃₂= (−1)³⁺² M₃₂= 0
A₃₃ = cofactor of a₃₃= (−1)³⁺³ M₃₃ = 1

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Question. Evaluate the determinant

Answer.

= (x² − x + 1)(x + 1) − (x − 1)(x + 1)
= x³ − x² + x + x² − x + 1 − (x² − 1)
= x³ + 1 − x² + 1
= x³ − x² + 2

Question. If

Answer. The given matrix is

It can be observed that in the first column, two entries are zero. Thus, we expand along the first column (C1) for easier calculation

Question. Solve the system of linear equations, using matrix method .
5x+2y=4
7x+3y=5
Answer. The given system of equations can be written in the form of AX = B, where

Thus, A is non-singular. Therefore, its inverse exists.

Question. Find the inverse of the matrix

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Question. Find the area of the angle with vertices at the point given:
(1, 0), (6, 0), (4, 3) (ii) (2, 7), (1, 1), (10, 8)
Answer. The area of the triangle with vertices (1, 0), (6, 0), (4, 3) is given by there elation,
(i)

(ii)

Question. Find adjoint of each of the matrices:

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Question. Write the value of the determinant

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Short Answer Type Questions -II

Question. By using properties of determinants, prove the following :

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Question. The monthly incomes of Aryan and Babban are in the ratio 3 : 4 and their monthly expenditures are in the ratio 5 : 7. If each saves ₹ 15,000 per month, find their monthly incomes using matrix method.
Answer. The monthly incomes of Aryan and Babban are ₹ 3x and ₹ 4x respectively and the monthly expenditures of Aryan and Babban are ₹ 5y and ₹ 7y respectively 
∴ ₹ 3x – 5y = 15000 
4x – 7y = 15000 
Writing in matrix form

The monthly income of Aryan = ₹ 3x = ₹ 90,000
The monthly income of Babban = ₹ 4x = ₹ 120,000

Question. 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 trust had interchanged money in bonds, they would have got ₹ 100 less as interest. Using matrix method, find the amount invested by the trust.
Answer. Let ₹ x be invested in first bond (10%)
Let ₹ y be invested in second bond (12%)

Invested in first bond (10%) = x = ₹ 10,000
Invested in second bond (12%) = y = ₹ 15,000
The amount invested by the trust = x + y = ₹ 25000

Question. Using properties of determinants, prove the following :

Answer.

Expanding along C₁, we get

Question. 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 ₹ 1,000. School Q wants to spend ₹ 1,500 to award its 4, 1 and 3 students on the respective values (by giving the same award money for the three values as before). If the total amount of awards for one prize on each value is ₹ 600, using matrices, find the award money for each value.
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₹ x = ₹100, y = ₹ 200, z = ₹ 300 is the award money for each value

Question. A total amount of ₹ 7,000 is deposited in three different savings bank accounts with annual interest rates of 5%, 8% and 8 (1/2)% respectively.
The total annual interest from these three accounts is ₹ 550. Equal amounts have been deposited in the 5% and 8% savings accounts. Find the amount deposited in each of the three accounts, with the help of matrices.
Answer. Let the amount deposited in 5% p.a = ₹ x
Let the amount deposited in 8% p.a = ₹ y
Let the amount deposited in 8 (1/2)% p.a = ₹ z

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Long Answer Type Questions

Question. Using properties of determinants, prove the following :

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Question. Using matrices, solve the following system of equations :
4x + 3y + 2z = 60, x + 2y + 3z = 45,
6x + 2y + 3z = 70.
Answer. The given equations can be written as

Question. Using matrix method, solve the following system of equations :

Answer. Given equations can be written as

Question. If a, b, c are positive and unequal, show that the following determinant is negative :

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Hence solve the system of equations :
x – 2y = 10; 2x + y + 3z = 8 and – 2y + z = 7.
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following system of equations :
2x – y + z = – 3, 3x – z = 0, 2x + 6y = 2.
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x + 2y – 3z = –4; 2x + 3y + 2z = 2;
3x – 3y – 4z = 11.
Answer. Given equations can be written as

Question. 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 others (say z) for supervising the workers to keep the colony neat and clean. The sum of all the 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.
Answer. Sol. x + y + z = 12
2x + 3(y + z) = 33 ⇒ 2x + 3y + 3z = 33
x + z = 2y ⇒ x – 2y + z = 0
Writing in matrix form

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system of equations :
x + 2y + z = 4; – x + y + z = 0; x – 3y + z = 2
Answer. |A|= 1(1 + 3) + 1(2 + 3) + 1(2 – 1)
= 4 + 5 + 1
= 10 ≠ 0                               ∴ A–1 exists
A₁₁ = 1 + 3 = 4,             A₁₂ = – (–1 – 1) = 2
A₁₃ = 3 – 1 = 2,             A₂₁ = – (2 + 3) = –5
A₂₂ = 1 – 1 = 0,             A₂₃ = – (–3 – 2) = 5
A₃₁ = 2 – 1 = 1,             A₃₂ = – (1 + 1) = –2
A₃₃ = 1 + 2 = 3

Question. A school wants to award its students for the values of Honesty, Regularity and Hard work with a total cash award of ₹ 6,000. Three times the award money for Hard work added to that given for honesty amounts to ₹ 11,000. The award money given for Honesty and Hard work together is double the one given for Regularity.
Represent the above situation algebraically and find the award money for each value, using matrix method.
Answer. Let the award money for Honesty = ₹ x,
The award money for Regularity = ₹ y
and the award money for Hard work = ₹ z
According to the question,
x + y + z = ₹ 6,000               …(i)
x + 3z = ₹ 11,000                 …(ii)
x + z = 2 (y)
x – 2y + z = 0                      …(iii)
Writing in matrix form

∴ x = ₹ 500, y = ₹ 2,000, z = ₹ 3,500
Award money for Honesty, x = ₹ 500
Award money for Regularity, y = ₹ 2,000
Award money for Hard work, z = ₹ 3,500 

Question. Using elementary transformations, find the inverse of the matrix

and use it to solve the following system of linear equations :
8x + 4y + 3z = 19                     2x + y + z = 5
x + 2y + 2z = 7.
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divisible by (x + y + z), and hence find the quotient.
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Question. Using properties of determinants, show that ΔABC is isosceles if :

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Expanding along R1, we have
(cos B – cos A) (cos C – cos A) .
                                                 [cos C + cos A – cos B – cos A] = 0
(cos B – cos A) (cos C – cos A) (cos C – cos B) = 0
Either cos B – cos A = 0 or cos C – cos A = 0
                                                 or cos C – cos B = 0
⇒ cos B = cos A or cos C = cos A
                                                or cos C = cos B
⇒ B = A or C = A or C = B
L.i.  ABC is isosceles.

Question. Using properties of determinants, prove that :

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Expanding along R₁, we have
= (ab + bc + ca) 1[(ab + bc + ca)² – 0]
= (ab + bc + ca)3 = R.H.S

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the system of equations x + 3z = 9,
– x + 2y – 2z = 4, 2x – 3y + 4z = – 3.
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the system of equations
2x + y – 3z = 13, 3x + 2y + z = 4, x + 2y – z = 8.
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Question.. 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 cost of each variety of pen.
Answer. Let the cost of pens ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ be ₹ x, ₹ y and ₹z respectively.
Then the system of equations is
x + y + z = 21
4x + 3y + 2z = 60
6x + 2y + 3z = 70
Writing in matrix form

Cost of pen ‘A’ = x = ₹ 5
Cost of pen ‘B’ = y = ₹ 8
Cost of pen ‘C’ = z = ₹ 8

CASE STUDY:

Manjit wants to donate a rectangular plot of land for a school in his village. When he was asked to give dimensions of the plot, he told that if its length is decreased by 50 m and breadth is increased by 50m, then its area will remain same, but if length is decreased by 10m and breadth is decreased by 20m, then its area will decrease by 5300 m2 Based on the information given above, answer the following questions:

Question. The equations in terms of X and Y are
a. x-y=50, 2x-y=550
b. x-y=50, 2x+y=550
c. x + y = 50, 2x + y=550
d. x +y = 50, 2x + y=550

Question. Which of the following matrix equation is represented by the given information

Question. The value of x (length of rectangular field) is
a. 150m
b. 400m
c. 200m
d. 320m

Question. The value of y (breadth of rectangular field) is
a. 150m.
b. 200m.
c. 430m.
d. 350m

Question. How much is the area of rectangular field?
a. 60000Sq.m.
b. 30000Sq.m.
c. 30000m
d. 3000m