Chapter:

Determinants

1. Evaluate \(\begin{vmatrix}8x+1&2x-2\\x^2-1&3x+5\end{vmatrix}\).


2. Evaluate \(\begin{vmatrix}-a&b&c\\-2a+4x&2b-4y&2c+4z\\x&-y&z\end{vmatrix}\).


3. What will be value of f(x) = \(\begin{vmatrix}p & 2 – i & i + 1 \\2 + i & q & 3 + i \\1 – i & 3 – i & r \end {vmatrix}\)?


4. What is value of \(\begin{vmatrix}sin^2 ⁡a & sina\, cosa & cos^2 ⁡a \\sin^2 ⁡b & sinb\, cosb & cos^2 ⁡b \\sin^2⁡ c & sinc\, cosc & cos^2⁡ c \end {vmatrix}\)?


5. If A=\(\begin{bmatrix}1&0\\9&4\end{bmatrix}\), n (adj A)A is __________


6. Which one is correct, following system of linear equations 2x – 3y + 4z = 7, 3x – 4y + 5z = 8, 4x – 5y + 6z = 9 has?


7. Evaluate \(\begin{vmatrix}sin⁡ \,y&0&sin⁡ \,y\\cos⁡ \,y&1&cos⁡ \,x\\sin⁡ \,y&1&sin ⁡\,y \end{vmatrix}\)


8. Find values of x and y for given system of equations.

3x-2y=3
2x+2y=4


9. Find area of triangle with vertices (2,3), (4,1), (5,0).


10. If system of equation 2x + 5y + 8z = 0, x + 4y + 7z = 0, 6x + 9y – αz = 0 has a non trivial solution n what is value of α?