Minor and Cofactors
Minor and Cofactors: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Minors and Cofactors and Product of a Row/Column with Cofactors of Another Row/Column.
Important Questions on Minor and Cofactors

If and are the cofactors and minors of then


For , the sum of minor and cofactor of _____

The sum of all cofactors of the elements of the first row of is equal to

Find the cofactor of an element for the following determinant .

Find the minor of an element for the following determinant .

Find the minor of an element for the following determinant .

Find the cofactor of an element for the following determinant .

Find the minor of an element for the following determinant .


The matrix of co-factors for the matrix is

Find the adjoint of the following matrix

Find the matrix of cofactors for the following matrix

Find the co-factors of the elements of the following matrix

Find the co-factors of the elements of the following matrix


Find the minor of the elements of second row of determinant .

If the capital letters denotes the cofactors of the corresponding small letters in the determinant
& then equals -

If , then value of is where are co-factor of respectively-
