JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Determinants & Matrices Question Bank Special types of matrices, Transpose, Adjoint and Inverse of matrices

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    Inverse of the matrix \[\left( \begin{matrix}    1 & -2  \\    3 & 4  \\ \end{matrix} \right)\] is [Karnataka CET 2003]

    A) \[\frac{1}{10}\left( \begin{matrix}    4 & 2  \\    -3 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right)\]

    B) \[\frac{1}{10}\left( \begin{matrix}    1 & -2  \\    3 & 4  \\ \end{matrix} \right)\]

    C) \[\frac{1}{10}\left( \begin{matrix}    4 & 2  \\    -3 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right)\]

    D) \[\left( \begin{matrix}    4 & 2  \\    -3 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right)\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Let \[A=\left[ \begin{matrix}    1 & -2  \\    3 & 4  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]    \[|A|\,\,=4+6=10\ne 0\] Now, \[{{A}_{11}}=4\], \[a=-6,\,A=\left| \,\begin{matrix}    0 & 0 & 0  \\    0 & 0 & 0  \\    1 & -2 & -5  \\ \end{matrix}\, \right|\], \[{{A}_{21}}=-(-2)=2\], \[{{A}_{22}}=1\] \[\therefore \]\[adj\,(A)=\left[ \begin{matrix}    4 & 2  \\    -3 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]  \[\therefore \]  \[{{A}^{-1}}=\frac{adj\,(A)}{|A|}=\frac{1}{10}\left[ \begin{matrix}    4 & 2  \\    -3 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]. Trick: Check from the options \[A{{A}^{-1}}=I\,\] Þ \[A{{A}^{-1}}\]=\[\left[ \begin{matrix}    1 & -2  \\    3 & 4  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\,\left[ \begin{matrix}    \frac{4}{10} & \frac{2}{10}  \\    \frac{-3}{10} & \frac{1}{10}  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]= \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    \frac{10}{10} & 0  \\    0 & \frac{10}{10}  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]          = \[A{{A}^{-1}}=\left[ \begin{matrix}    1 & 0  \\    0 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right]=I\].


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