Class 12 Maths Notes Chapter - 3 Matrices
Class 12 Maths Notes Chapter - 3 Matrices
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Top Terms
2. The horizontal lines of elements constitute the rows of the matrix and the vertical lines
of elements constitute the columns of the matrix.
4. If a matrix contains m rows and n columns, then it is said to be a matrix of the order m ×
n (read as m by n).
5. The total number of elements in a matrix is equal to the product of its number of rows
and number of columns.
10. Rectangular matrix: A matrix in which the number of rows is not equal to the number of
columns is called a rectangular matrix.
11. A matrix each of whose elements is zero is called a zero matrix or null matrix.
12. A matrix in which the number of rows is equal to the number of columns is said to be a
square matrix. A matrix of order ‘m × n’ is said to be a square matrix if m = n and is known
as a square matrix of order ‘n’.
13. A square matrix which has every non—diagonal element as zero is called a diagonal
matrix.
14. A square matrix A = [aij]m × m is said to be a diagonal matrix if all its non-diagonal elements
are zero, i.e., a matrix A = [aij]m × m is said to be a diagonal matrix if aij = 0 when i ≠ j.
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15. A square matrix in which the elements in the diagonal are all 1 and the rest are all zero is
16. A diagonal matrix is said to be a scalar matrix if its diagonal elements are equal, that is a
square matrix B = [bij]n × n is said to be a scaler matrix if bij = 0 when i ≠ j and bij = k when
i = j for some constant k.
17. Upper triangular matrix: A square matrix A = [aij] is called an upper triangular matrix if aij
= 0 for all i > j. In an upper triangular matrix, all elements below the main diagonal are
zero.
18. Lower triangular matrix: A square matrix A = [a„] is called a lower triangular matrix if a ij
= 0 for all i < j. In a lower triangular matrix, all elements above the main diagonal are zero.
19. Two matrices are said to be equal if they are of the same order and have the same
corresponding elements.
20. Two matrices A = [aij] and B = [bij] are said to be equal if they are of the same order. Each
element of A is equal to the corresponding element of B, that is a ij = bij for all i and j.
21. If A is a matrix, then its transpose is obtained by interchanging its rows and columns.
Transpose of a matrix A is denoted by A t. If A = [aij] be an n × m matrix, then the matrix
obtained by interchanging the rows and columns of A is called the transpose of A.
Transpose of the matrix A is denoted by A’ or (AT). Theft is, (AT)ij = aji for all l = 1, 2, ... m;
j = 1, 2, ... n.
23. If A = [aij]nxn is an n × n matrix such that AT = -A, then A is called a skew-symmetric matrix.
In a skew-symmetric matrix, aij = aji.
25. Every square matrix can be expressed as the sum of a symmetric and a skew-symmetric
matrix.
27. All odd positive integral powers of a skew-symmetric matrix are skew-symmetric.
28. Let A and B be two square matrices of the order n such that AB = BA = I.
Then A is called the inverse of B and is denoted by B = A -1. If B is the inverse of A, then A
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29. If A and B are two invertible matrices of the same order, then (AB)-1 = B-1 A-1.
Top Concepts
1. The order of a matrix gives the number of rows and columns present in the matrix.
2. If a matrix A has m rows and n columns, then it is denoted by A = [a ij]m × n. Here aij is i-j
th or (i, j)th element of the matrix.
4. In case of a square matrix, the collection of elements a11. a22 and so on constitute the
Principal Diagonal or simply the diagonal of the matrix.
7. If A = [aij]m × n and B = = [bij]m × n are two matrices of the order m × n, then their sum is
defined as a matrix C = [cij]m × n where cij = aij + bij for 1 ≤ 𝑖 ≤ 𝑚, 1 ≤ 𝑗 ≤ 𝑛.
8. Two matrices can be added (or subtracted) if they are of the same order.
9. For multiplying two matrices A and B, the number of columns in A must be equal to the
number of rows in B.
10. If A = [aij]m × n is a matrix and k is a scalar, then kA is another matrix which is obtained by
multiplying each element of A by the scalar k.
Hence, kA = [kaij] m × n
11. If A = [aij]m × n and B = = [bij]m × n are are two matrices, then their difference is represented
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as A – B = A + (-1)B.
● Existence of additive identity: NuII matrix is the identity with respect to addition of
matrices.
Given a matrix A = [aij]m × n, there will be a corresponding null matrix O of the same order
such that A + O = O + A = A
● The existence of additive inverse: Let A = [aij]m × n be any matrix, then there exists
another matrix -A = -[aij]m × n Such that
A + (-A) = (-A) + A = O.
13. Cancellation law: If A, B and C are three matrices of the same order, then
If A = [aij], B = [bij] are two matrices, and k and L are real number, then
i. k(A + B) = kA + kB
ii. (k + l)A = kA + IA
15. If A = [aij]mxp, B = [bij]pxn are two matrices, then their product AB is given by C = [c ij]mxn
such that
In order to multiply two matrices A and B, the number of columns in A = number of rows
in B.
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Commutative law does not hold in matrices, whereas associative and distributive laws
hold for matrix multiplication.
i. In general, AB ≠ BA
ii. Matrix multiplication is associative A(BC) = (AB)C
iii. Distributive laws:
A(B + C) = AB + AC
(A + B)C = AC + BC
17.The multiplication of two non-zero matrices can result in a null matrix.
18.If A is a square matrix, then we define A1 = A and A n+1 = An. A
19. If A is a square matrix, a0, a1, a2, ..., an are constants, then a0An + a1An-1 + a2An-2 + ... + an-1A
+ an is called a matrix polynomial.
22. If A and B are two matrices such that AB exists, then (AB)T = BT AT.
23. If A, B and C are two matrices such that AB exists, then (ABC) T = CT BT AT.
24. Every square matrix can be expressed as the sum of a symmetric and a skew-symmetric
1 1
matrix, i.e. A = (𝐴 + 𝐴𝑇 ) + (𝐴 − 𝐴𝑇 ) for any square matrix A.
2 2
28. There are six elementary operations on matrices—three on rows and three on columns.
The first operation is interchanging the two rows, i.e., R i ↔ Rj implies that the ith row is
interchanged with the jth row. The two rows are interchanged with one another and the
rest of the matrix remains the same.
29. The second operation on matrices is to multiply a row with a scalar or a real number,
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30. The third operation is the addition to the elements of any row, the corresponding
elements of any other row multiplied by any non-zero number, i.e., Ri → Ri + kRi k
multiples of the jth row elements are added to the ith row elements.
i. Interchanging the two columns: Cr ↔ Ck indicates that the rth column is interchanged
with the kth column.
iii. Addition of a scalar multiple of any column to another column, i.e. C i → Cj + kCj
34. The inverse of a matrix can be obtained by applying elementary row operations on the
matrix A = IA. In order to use column operations, write A = AI.
35. Either of the two operations—row or column—can be applied. Both cannot be applied
simultaneously.
36. For any square matrix A with real number entries, A + A’ is a symmetric matrix and A —
A’ is a skew- symmetric matrix.
Laws of algebra are not applicable to matrices, i.e.
(A + B)2 ≠ A2 + 2AB + B2
and
(A + B) (A – B) ≠ A2 – B2
Top Formulae
2. A = [aij] = [bij] = B if
(i) A and B are of the same order, (ii) aij = bij for all possible values of i and j.
3. kA = k[aij]m × n = [k(aij)]m × n
4. –A = (–1) A
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5. A – B = A + (–1)B
i. Ri ↔ Rj or Ci ↔ Cj
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Important Questions
Multiple Choice questions-
1. If A = [aij]m × n is a square matrix, if:
(a) m < n
(b) m > n
(c) m = n
2. Which of the given values of x and y make the following pair of matrices equal:
1
(a) x = - , y = 7
3
1 2
(d) x = - , y = -
3 3
(a) 27
(b) 18
(c) 81
(d) 512.
(a) k = 3, p = n
(b) k is arbitrary, p = 2
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(c) p is arbitrary
(d) k = 2, p = 3.
(a) p × 2
(b) 2 × n
(c) n × 3
(d) p × n.
7.
π
(a)
6
π
(b)
3
(c) π
3π
(d)
2
(a) AB = BA
(b) AB – BA = O
(c) AB = O, BA = I
(d) AB = BA = I.
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9.
(a) 1 + α² + ßγ = 0
(b) 1 – α² + ßγ = 0
(c) 1 – α² – ßγ = 0
(d) 1 + α² – ßγ = 0
9. If Find α
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10.
Short Questions:
|i−j|
1. Write the element a23 of a 3 x 3 matrix A = [aij] whose elements atj are given by:
2
4.
6.
7.
8. If A and B are symmetric matrices, such that AB and BA are both defined, then prove
that AB – BA is a skew symmetric matrix. (A.I.C.B.S.E. 2019)
Long Questions:
1. Find the values of a, b, c and d from the following equation:
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2.
3.
4.
Assertion(A): [10 0
] is an identity matrix.
1
2. Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason
(R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes(a), (b), (c) and (d) as
given below.
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1
Assertion (A): Matrix [5] is a column matrix.
2
Reason(R): A matrix of order m × 1 is called a column matrix.
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(ii) If Y represents the matrix formed by the cost of each item, then XY equals.
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a. ₹ 6740
b. ₹ 8140
c. ₹ 5740
d. ₹ 6696
a. A
b. A - I
c. I
d. A + I
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c. A = B
d. AB = BA
2. Consider 2 families A and B. Suppose there are 4 men,4 women and 4 children in
family A and 2 men, 2 women and 2 children in family B. The recommend daily amount
of calories is 2400 for a man, 1900 for a woman, 1800 for a children and 45 grams of
proteins for a man, 55 grams for a woman and 33 grams for children.
(i) The requirement of calories and proteins for each person in matrix form can be
represented as:
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a. 24000
b. 24400
c. 15000
d. 15800
a. 560 grams
b. 332 grams
c. 266 grams
d. 300 grams
(iv) If A and Bare two matrices such that AB = B and BA = A, then A2 + B2 equals.
a. 2AB
b. 2BA
c. A+B
d. AB
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a. m=q
b. n=q
c. p=q
d. m=p
Answer Key-
Multiple Choice questions-
1. Answer: (c) m = n
4. Answer: (a) k = 3, p = n
5. Answer: (b) 2 × n
8. Answer: (d) AB = BA = I.
9. Answer: (c) 1 – α² – ßγ = 0
2. Solution: ln
3. Solution: A matrix in which the no. of rows are equal to no. of columns i.e. m = n
4. Solution: 512=29
5. Solution:
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(ii) 3 × 3
7. Solution: A square matrix in which every non – diagonal element is zero is called
diagonal matrix.
8. Solution: Zero.
9. Solution:
10. S
olution:
Short Answer:
1. Solution:
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2. Solution:
3. Solution:
Here, 2A - 3B + 5C = 0
⇒ 2A = 3B - 5C
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4. Solution:
5. Solution:
We have:
⇒ 2x + 3 = 9 …………. (1)
2z – 3 = 15 …………. (2)
2y = 12 …………. (3)
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2t + 6 = 18 …………. (4)
From (1), ⇒ 2x = 9 – 3
⇒ 2x = 6
⇒ x = 3.
From (3) 2y = 12
⇒ y = 6.
From (2), ⇒ 2z – 3 = 15
⇒ 2z = 18
⇒ z = 9.
From (4), 2t + 6 = 18
⇒ 2t = 12
⇒ t = 6.
Hence, x = 3, y = 6, z = 9 and t = 6.
6. Solution:
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7. Solution:
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⇒ 8 = 15 + k and 3 = 10 + k
⇒ k = -1 and k = -7.
Hence, k – (-7).
8. Solution:
∴ A’ = A and B’ = B …(1)
= B’A’ – A’B’
= BA – AB [Using (1)]
= – (AB – BA).
Long Answer:
1. Solution:
We have
2a + b = 4 …(1)
a-2b = – 3 …(2)
5c-d = 11 …(3)
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4c + 3d = 24 …(4)
From (1),
b = 4 – 2a …(5)
⇒ a – 8 + 4a = -3
⇒ 5a = 5
⇒ a = 1.
Putting in (5),
b = 4 – 2(1) = 4 – 2 = 2.
From (3),
d = 5c- 11 …(6)
Putting in (4),
⇒ 4c + 15c – 33 = 24
⇒ 19c = 57
⇒ c = 3.
Putting in (6),
d = 5 (3) – 11 = 15 – 11 = 4.
Hence, a = 1, b = 2, c = 3 and d = 4.
2. Solution:
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Comparing:
9 = a11 + 1 – 1 = a12 + 2,
4 = 113 – 1, -2 = a21
a11 = 8, a12 = – 3,
a13 = 5, a21 = -2
3. Solution:
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Comparing:
– 2 + C21 = 0 ⇒ C21 = 2
4 + C22 = 0 ⇒ C22 =- 4,
4 + c31 = 0 ⇒ C31 = -4
4. Solution:
We have: 2A + 3X = 5B
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⇒ 2A + 3X-2A = 5B-2A
⇒ 2A-2A + 3X = 5B-2A
⇒ (2A – 2A) + 3X = 5B – 2A
⇒ O + 3X = 5B – 2A
⇒ 3X = 5B – 2A.
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is column matrix.
⇒ Assertion (A) is true Also Reason (R) is true and is correct explanation of A. Hence
option (a) is the correct answer.
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Solution:
Bill of A is ₹ 6696.
iv. (c) I
Solution:
(A + I)2 = A2 + 2A + I = 3A + I
⇒ (A + 1)3 = (3A + I) (A + I)
= 3A2 + 4A + I = 7A + I
∴∴ (A + I)3 - 7A = I
v. (d) AB = BA
Solution:
A2 - B2 = (A - B) (A + B) = A2 + AB - BA - B2
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∴∴ AB = BA
2. Answer :
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