# ML Aggarwal Class 10 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 8 Matrices Ex 8.3

## ML Aggarwal Class 10 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 8 Matrices Ex 8.3

ML Aggarwal Class 10 Solutions for ICSE Maths Chapter 8 Matrices Ex 8.3

Question 1.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 3 & \quad 5 \\ 4 & \quad -2 \end{bmatrix}$$ and B = $$\left[ \begin{matrix} 2 \\ 4 \end{matrix} \right]$$, is the product AB possible ? Give a reason. If yes, find AB.
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Question 2.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 5 \\ 1 & 3 \end{bmatrix}$$,B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & -1 \\ -3 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$$, find AB and BA, Is AB = BA ?
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Question 3.
If P = $$\begin{bmatrix} 4 & 6 \\ 2 & -8 \end{bmatrix}$$,Q = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & -3 \\ -1 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$
Find 2PQ
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Question 4.
Given A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ 8 & 3 \end{bmatrix}$$ , evaluate A² – 4A
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Question 5.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 3 & \quad 7 \\ 2 & \quad 4 \end{bmatrix}$$, B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 0 & \quad 2 \\ 5 & \quad 3 \end{bmatrix}$$ and C = $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & \quad -5 \\ -4 & \quad 6 \end{bmatrix}$$
Find AB – 5C
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Question 6.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & \quad 2 \\ 2 & \quad 1 \end{bmatrix}$$ and B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & \quad 1 \\ 1 & \quad 2 \end{bmatrix}$$, find A(BA)
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Question 7.
Given matrices:
A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & \quad 1 \\ 4 & \quad 2 \end{bmatrix}$$ and B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 3 & \quad 4 \\ -1 & \quad -2 \end{bmatrix}$$, C = $$\begin{bmatrix} -3 & \quad 1 \\ 0 & \quad -2 \end{bmatrix}$$
Find the products of (i) ABC (ii) ACB and state whether they are equal.
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Question 8.
Evaluate : $$\begin{bmatrix} 4\sin { { 30 }^{ o } } & \quad 2cos{ 60 }^{ o } \\ sin{ 90 }^{ o } & \quad 2cos{ 0 }^{ o } \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} 4 & 5 \\ 5 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$
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Question 9.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} -1 & \quad 3 \\ 2 & \quad 4 \end{bmatrix}$$, B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & \quad -3 \\ -4 & \quad -6 \end{bmatrix}$$ find the matrix AB + BA
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Question 10.
A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & \quad 2 \\ 3 & \quad 4 \end{bmatrix}$$ and B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 6 & \quad 1 \\ 1 & \quad 1 \end{bmatrix}$$, C = $$\begin{bmatrix} -2 & \quad -3 \\ 0 & \quad 1 \end{bmatrix}$$
find each of the following and state if they are equal.
(i) CA + B
(ii) A + CB
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Question 11.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & -2 \\ 2 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$$ and B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 2 \\ -2 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$
Find 2B – A²
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Question 12.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$ and B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 1 \\ 4 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$$, C = $$\begin{bmatrix} 5 & 1 \\ 7 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$, compute
(i) A(B + C)
(ii) (B + C)A
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Question 13.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 2 & 3 \end{bmatrix}$$ and B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 1 \\ 3 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$$, C = $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 3 \\ 3 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$
find the matrix C(B – A)
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Question 14.
A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 2 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$ and B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \\ -1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$$
Find A² + AB + B²
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Question 15.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 1 \\ 0 & -2 \end{bmatrix}$$ and B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 4 & 1 \\ -3 & -2 \end{bmatrix}$$, C = $$\begin{bmatrix} -3 & 2 \\ -1 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$
Find A² + AC – 5B
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Question 16.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$$, find A2 and A3.Also state that which of these is equal to A
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Question 17.
If X = $$\begin{bmatrix} 4 & 1 \\ -1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$$, show that 6X – X² = 9I Where I is the unit matrix.
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Question 18.
Show that $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 2 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$ is a solution of the matrix equation X² – 2X – 3I = 0,Where I is the unit matrix of order 2
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Question 19.
Find the matrix X of order 2 × 2 which satisfies the equation
$$\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 7 \\ 2 & 4 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 2 \\ 5 & 3 \end{bmatrix}+2X=\begin{bmatrix} 1 & -5 \\ -4 & 6 \end{bmatrix}$$
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Question 20.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ x & x \end{bmatrix}$$, find the value of x, so that A² – 0
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Question 21.
If $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 3 \\ 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix}\left[ \begin{matrix} 2 \\ -1 \end{matrix} \right] =\left[ \begin{matrix} x \\ 0 \end{matrix} \right]$$ Find the value of x
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Question 22.
(i) Find x and y if $$\begin{bmatrix} -3 & 2 \\ 0 & -5 \end{bmatrix}\left[ \begin{matrix} x \\ 2 \end{matrix} \right] =\left[ \begin{matrix} -5 \\ y \end{matrix} \right]$$
(ii) Find x and y if $$\begin{bmatrix} 2x & x \\ y & 3y \end{bmatrix}\left[ \begin{matrix} 3 \\ 2 \end{matrix} \right] =\left[ \begin{matrix} 16 \\ 9 \end{matrix} \right]$$
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Question 23.
Find x and y if
$$\begin{bmatrix} x+y & y \\ 2x & x-y \end{bmatrix}\left[ \begin{matrix} 2 \\ -1 \end{matrix} \right] =\left[ \begin{matrix} 3 \\ 2 \end{matrix} \right]$$
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Question 24.
If $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 3 & 3 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} x & 0 \\ 0 & y \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} x & 0 \\ 9 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$$ find the values of x and y
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Question 25.
If $$\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 4 \\ 2 & 5 \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$ write down the values of a,b,c and d
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Question 26.
Find the value of x given that A² = B
Where A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 12 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$ and
B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 4 & x \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$
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Question 27.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & x \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$ and B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 4 & 36 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$, find the value of x, given that A² – B
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Question 28.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 3 & x \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$$ and B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 9 & 16 \\ 0 & -y \end{bmatrix}$$ find x and y when A² = B
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Question 29.
Find x, y if $$\begin{bmatrix} -2 & 0 \\ 3 & 1 \end{bmatrix}\left[ \begin{matrix} -1 \\ 2x \end{matrix} \right] +3\left[ \begin{matrix} -2 \\ 1 \end{matrix} \right] =2\left[ \begin{matrix} y \\ 3 \end{matrix} \right]$$
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Question 30.
If $$\begin{bmatrix} a & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} 4 & 3 \\ -3 & 2 \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} b & 11 \\ 4 & c \end{bmatrix}$$ find a,b and c
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Question 31.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 4 \\ 0 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$$ ,B = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & x \\ 0 & -\frac { 1 }{ 2 } \end{bmatrix}$$ find the value of x if AB = BA
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Question 32.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \\ 1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$$ find x and y so that A² – xA + yI
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Question 33.
If P = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 6 \\ 3 & 9 \end{bmatrix}$$, Q = $$\begin{bmatrix} 3 & x \\ y & 2 \end{bmatrix}$$
find x and y such that PQ = 0
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Question 34.
Let $$M\times \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ 0 & 2 \end{bmatrix}=\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 2 \end{matrix} \right]$$ where M is a matrix
(i) State the order of matrix M
(ii) Find the matrix M
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Question 35.
Given $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 1 \\ -3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$$ ,X = $$\left[ \begin{matrix} 7 \\ 6 \end{matrix} \right]$$
(i) the order of the matrix X
(ii) the matrix X
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Question 36.
Solve the matrix equation : $$\left[ \begin{matrix} 4 \\ 1 \end{matrix} \right]$$ ,X = $$\begin{bmatrix} -4 & 8 \\ -1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$$
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Question 37.
(i) If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & -1 \\ -4 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$$ and B = $$\left[ \begin{matrix} -3 \\ 2 \end{matrix} \right]$$ find the matrix C such that AC = B
(ii) If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & -1 \\ -4 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$$ and B = [0 -3] find the matrix C such that CA = B
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Question 38.
If A = $$\begin{bmatrix} 3 & -4 \\ -1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$$ , find matrix B such that BA = I,where I is unity matrix of order 2
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Question 39.
If B = $$\begin{bmatrix} -4 & 2 \\ 5 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$$ and C = $$\begin{bmatrix} 17 & -1 \\ 47 & -13 \end{bmatrix}$$
find the matrix A such that AB = C
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ML Aggarwal Class 10 Solutions for ICSE Maths