Exercise 6A

Without expanding the determinant, prove that $\left|\begin{array}{ccc}41 & 1 & 5 \\ 79 & 7 & 9 \\ 29 & 5 & 3\end{array}\right|=0$. SINGULAR MATRIX A square matrix $A$ is said to be singular if $|A|=0$. Also, $A$ is called non singular if $|A| \neq 0$.

Solution: We know that $C_{1} \Rightarrow C_{1}-C_{2}$, would not change anything for the determinant. Applying the same in above determinant, we get $\left[\begin{array}{lll}40 & 1 & 5 \\...

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If $\mathrm{A}_{\mathrm{ij}}$ is the cofactor of the element $\mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{ij}}$ of $\left|\begin{array}{ccc}2 & -3 & 5 \\ 6 & 0 & 4 \\ 1 & 5 & -7\end{array}\right|$ then write the value of $\left(\mathrm{a}_{32} \mathrm{~A}_{32}\right)$.

Solution: Theorem: $A_{i j}$ is found by deleting $j^{t h}$ rowand $j^{t h}$ column, the determinant of left matrix is called cofactor with multiplied by $(-1)^{(i+j)}$ Given: $\mathrm{j}=3$ and...

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