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Q.Find the inverse of matrix A=[133143134]A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 3 & 3 \\ 1 & 4 & 3 \\ 1 & 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}.

Chhattisgarh CgbseCGBSE Intermediate Board 2022Subjective· 6mImportance★★★★★
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Compute ∣A∣|A|, then build the adjoint from the matrix of cofactors, and use A−1=1∣A∣adj(A)A^{-1} = \dfrac{1}{|A|}\text{adj}(A).

Given: A=[133143134]A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 3 & 3 \\ 1 & 4 & 3 \\ 1 & 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}

Step 1: Find ∣A∣|A| by expanding along the first row.

∣A∣=1(4⋅4−3⋅3)−3(1⋅4−3⋅1)+3(1⋅3−4⋅1)|A| = 1(4\cdot4-3\cdot3) - 3(1\cdot4-3\cdot1) + 3(1\cdot3-4\cdot1)

=1(16−9)−3(4−3)+3(3−4)= 1(16-9) - 3(4-3) + 3(3-4)

=7−3−3=1= 7 - 3 - 3 = 1

Since ∣A∣=1≠0|A|=1\ne0, A−1A^{-1} exists.

Step 2: Compute the cofactors CijC_{ij}.

C11=(4⋅4−3⋅3)=7C_{11} = (4\cdot4-3\cdot3) = 7

C12=−(1⋅4−3⋅1)=−1C_{12} = -(1\cdot4-3\cdot1) = -1

C13=(1⋅3−4⋅1)=−1C_{13} = (1\cdot3-4\cdot1) = -1

C21=−(3⋅4−3⋅3)=−3C_{21} = -(3\cdot4-3\cdot3) = -3

C22=(1⋅4−3⋅1)=1C_{22} = (1\cdot4-3\cdot1) = 1

C23=−(1⋅3−3⋅1)=0C_{23} = -(1\cdot3-3\cdot1) = 0

C31=(3⋅3−3⋅4)=−3C_{31} = (3\cdot3-3\cdot4) = -3

C32=−(1⋅3−3⋅1)=0C_{32} = -(1\cdot3-3\cdot1) = 0

C33=(1⋅4−3⋅1)=1C_{33} = (1\cdot4-3\cdot1) = 1

Step 3: Form the adjoint as the transpose of the cofactor matrix.

Cofactor matrix =[7−1−1−310−301]= \begin{bmatrix} 7 & -1 & -1 \\ -3 & 1 & 0 \\ -3 & 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}

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