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Standard XII
Mathematics
Elementary Transformations
Solve the equ...
Question
Solve the equations using matrices:
2
x
+
y
=
3
and
x
−
y
=
1
A
(
2
3
,
1
3
)
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B
(
4
3
,
1
3
)
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C
(
1
3
,
1
3
)
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D
(
4
3
,
2
3
)
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Solution
The correct option is
D
(
4
3
,
1
3
)
2
x
+
y
=
3
and
x
−
y
=
1
Write the equation in the form of matrices,
[
2
1
1
−
1
]
[
x
y
]
=
[
3
1
]
Finding the determinant of the matrix,
D
=
[
2
1
1
−
1
]
$= -1 \times 2 - 1 \times 1
=
−
2
−
1
=
−
3
First, find the inverse of the coefficient matrix, the inverse of
[
2
1
1
−
1
]
is
1
D
×
[
−
1
−
1
−
1
2
]
=
1
−
3
×
[
−
1
−
1
−
1
2
]
=
⎡
⎢ ⎢ ⎢
⎣
1
3
1
3
1
3
−
2
3
⎤
⎥ ⎥ ⎥
⎦
∴
⎡
⎢ ⎢ ⎢
⎣
1
3
1
3
1
3
−
2
3
⎤
⎥ ⎥ ⎥
⎦
[
2
1
1
−
1
]
[
x
y
]
=
⎡
⎢ ⎢ ⎢
⎣
1
3
1
3
1
3
−
2
3
⎤
⎥ ⎥ ⎥
⎦
[
3
1
]
[
1
0
0
1
]
[
x
y
]
=
⎡
⎢ ⎢ ⎢
⎣
4
3
1
3
⎤
⎥ ⎥ ⎥
⎦
The identity matrix on the left verifies that the inverse matrix was calculated correctly.
[
x
y
]
=
⎡
⎢ ⎢ ⎢
⎣
4
3
1
3
⎤
⎥ ⎥ ⎥
⎦
The solution is
(
4
3
,
1
3
)
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