NCERT Class 12 Maths · Chapter 4 Determinants · Exercise 4.3 Question 1

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Write the minors and cofactors of every element of (i) $\left[\begin{matrix}2 & -4\0 & 3\end{matrix}\right]$ and (ii) $\left[\begin{matrix}a & c\b & -30\end{matrix}\right]$.

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Final Answer: (1) minors $\left[\begin{matrix}3 & 0\-4 & 2\end{matrix}\right]$, cofactors $\left[\begin{matrix}3 & 0\4 & 2\end{matrix}\right]$; (2) minors $\left[\begin{matrix}-30 & b\c & a\end{matrix}\right]$, cofactors $\left[\begin{matrix}-30 & - b\- c & a\end{matrix}\right]$ Step 1: For each Mᵢⱼ delete row i and column j and evaluate the remaining determinant. A cofactor is Cᵢⱼ=(−1)ⁱ⁺ʲMᵢⱼ. Step 2: Part 1: the complete minor matrix is $\left[\begin{matrix}3 & 0\-4 & 2\end{matrix}\right]$. Step 3: Apply the checkerboard signs (+,−,+; −,+,−; +,−,+), truncated to the matrix order: the cofactor matrix is $\left[\begin{matrix}3 & 0\4 & 2\end{matrix}\right]$. Step 4: Part 2: the complete minor matrix is $\left[\begin{matrix}-30 & b\c & a\end{matrix}\right]$. Step 5: Apply the checkerboard signs (+,−,+; −,+,−; +,−,+), truncated to the matrix order: the cofactor matrix is $\left[\begin{matrix}-30 & - b\- c & a\end{matrix}\right]$.

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