Inverse of a Matrix

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Inverse of a Matrix: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Inverse of a Matrix, Invertible Matrices, Existence of Multiplicative Inverse in Matrices, Properties of Inverse of Matrices, Methods to Find Inverse of a Matrix, Inverse of a Matrix Using Adjoint, etc.

Important Questions on Inverse of a Matrix

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The inverse of the following matrix using elementary operations would be:

 A=12-2-1300-21

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If  A=3211,  What would be the values of a and b such that A2+Aa+bI=O ? Also find  A1 .

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Using matrices, the solution of the following system of equations would be:

  x+2y3z=6 3x+2y2z=3 2xy+z=2

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If  A=6576 would  A212A+I=0?  Find value of  A1 also from the given options:

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Using matrices, What would be the value of x,y,z for the given equations.

  x+yz=3;2x+3y+z=10; 3xy7z=1

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Using matrices, The solution of the following system of equations would be

  2x+3y+3z=5,x2y+z=4,3xy2z=3

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Using matrices, the solution of following system of equations would be:

  3xy+z=5 2x2y+3z=7 x+yz=1

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Consider the following statements in respect of square matrices A, B, C each of same order n :

1. AB=ACB=C if A is nonsingular

2. If BX=CX for every column matrix X having n rows then B=C

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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If Sk=1k01, kN, where N is the set of natural numbers, then S2nSk-1, nN is equal to

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If B=-2-2-10 and A is a matrix such that A-1B=B-1 and kA-1=2B-1+I, where k is some scalar and I is the 2×2 identity matrix, then the value of k is

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If the inverse of the matrix A=1222-12221 is 15-3222-3α22-3 then, α=

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If Q is a non-singular matrix, then the value of adj(Q-1) in terms of Q is

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If A=-241-3, then A-1=.

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If ATA-1 is symmetric, then A2=

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If AB-1=12-17-1927 and A-1=1-1-23 then B-1=

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If A=7342, then 9I2-A=

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If A is a 3×3 non-singular matrix such that AAT=ATA and B=A-1AT, then BBT=

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Let A=aij1i, j3 be a 3×3 invertible matrix where each aij is a real number. Denote the inverse of the matrix A by A-1. If j=13aij=1 for 1i3, then

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Let A be a 2×2 matrix of the form A=ab11, where a, b are integers and -50b50. The number of such matrices A such that A-1, the inverse of A, exists and A-1 contains only integer entries is

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If A=3412, then A-1 is equal to