Finding Inverse of a matrix
Last updated at August 2, 2026 by Teachoo
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Misc 8 Choose the correct answer. If x, y, z are nonzero real numbers, then the inverse of matrix A = [ā 8(x&0&0@0&y&0@0&0&z)] is A. [ā 8(š„^(ā1)&0&0@0&š¦^(ā1)&0@0&0&š§^(ā1) )] B. xyz[ā 8(š„^(ā1)&0&0@0&š¦^(ā1)&0@0&0&š§^(ā1) )] C. 1/xyz [ā 8(x&0&0@0&y&0@0&0&z)] D. 1/xyz [ā 8(1&0&0@0&1&0@0&0&1)] Given A = [ā 8(x&0&0@0&y&0@0&0&z)] We have to find A-1 We know that A-1 = š/(|š|) adj (A) exists if |A| ā 0 Calculating |A| |A| = |ā 8(x&0&0@0&y&0@0&0&z)| = x |ā 8(š¦&0@0&š§)| ā 0 |ā 8(0&0@0&š§)| + 0 |ā 8(0&š¦@0&0)| = x (yz ā 0) ā 0 (0 ā 0) + 0 (0 ā 0) = x(yz) + 0 + 0 = xyz Since |A| ā 0 Thus, A-1 exist Now, adj A = [ā 8(A_11&A_21&A_31@A_12&A_22&A_32@A_13&A_23&A_33 )] A = [ā 8(š„&0&0@0&š¦&0@0&0&š§)] M11 = |ā 8(š¦&0@0&š§)| = yz ā 0 = yz M12 = |ā 8(0&0@0&š§)| = 0 ā 0 = 0 M13 = |ā 8(0&y@0&0)| = 0 ā 0 = ā 0 M21 = |ā 8(0&0@0&š§)| = 0 ā 0 = 0 M22 = |ā 8(x&0@0&š§)| = xz ā 0 = xz M23 = |ā 8(x&0@0&0)| = 0 ā 0 = 0 M31 = |ā 8(0&0@0&z)| = 0 ā 0 = 0 M32 = |ā 8(x&0@0&0)| = 0 ā 0 = 0 M33 = |ā 8(š„&0@0&y)| = x y ā 0 = xy A11 = ( ā 1)1 + 1 M11 = ( ā 1)2 y z = yz A12 = ( ā 1)1+2 M12 = ( ā 1)3 0 = 0 A13 = ( ā 1)1+3 M13 = ( ā 1)4 0 = ā 0 A21 = ( ā 1)2+1 M21 = ( ā 1)3. 0 = 0 A22 = ( ā 1)2+2 M22 = ( ā 1)4 x z = x z A23 = ( ā 1)2+3 M23 = ( ā 1)5 0 = 0 A31 = ( ā 1)3+1 M31 = ( ā 1)4 0 = 0 A32 = ( ā 1)3+2 M32 = ( ā 1)5 0 = 0 A33 = ( ā 1)3+3 M33 = ( ā 1)6 xy = xy Thus, adj (A) = [ā 8(A11&A21&A31@A12&A22&A32@A33&A23&A33)] = [ā 8(š„ š¦&0&0@0&š§ š¦&0@0&0&š„ š¦)] Now, A-1 = 1/(|A|) adj (A) = š/ššš [ā 8(š š&š&š@š&š š&š@š&š&š š)] = [ā 8(š¦š§/š„š¦š§&0&0@0&š¦š§/š„š¦š§&0@0&0&š¦š§/š„š¦š§)] = [ā 8(š/š&š&š@š&š/š&š@š&š&š/š)] = [ā 8(š„^(ā1)&0&0@0&š¦^(ā1)&0@0&0&š§^(ā1) )] Thus, the correct option is A