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Write Minors andCofactors of the elements of following determinants:

(i)  (ii) 



Answer -

(i) The given determinant is

By the definition of minors and cofactors, wehave:

M11 = minorof a11

M12 = minor of a12

M13 = minor of a13 

M21 = minor of a21 

M22 = minor of a22 

M23 = minor of a23 

M31 = minor of a31

M32 = minor of a32 

M33 = minor of a33 

A11 = cofactor of a11=(−1)1+1 M11 = 1

A12 = cofactor of a12 =(−1)1+2 M12 = 0

A13 = cofactor of a13 =(−1)1+3 M13 = 0

A21 = cofactor of a21 =(−1)2+1 M21 = 0

A22 = cofactor of a22 =(−1)2+2 M22 = 1

A23 = cofactor of a23 =(−1)2+3 M23 = 0

A31 = cofactor of a31 =(−1)3+1 M31 = 0

A32 = cofactor of a32 =(−1)3+2 M32 = 0

A33 = cofactor of a33 =(−1)3+3 M33 = 1


(ii) The given determinantis

By definition of minors and cofactors, we have:

M11 = minorof a11=

M12 = minor of a12

M13 = minor of a13 

M21 = minor of a21 

M22 = minor of a22 

M23 = minor of a23 

M31 = minor of a31

M32 = minor of a32 

M33 = minor of a33 

A11 = cofactor of a11=(−1)1+1 M11 = 11

A12 = cofactor of a12 =(−1)1+2 M12 = −6

A13 = cofactor of a13 =(−1)1+3 M13 = 3

A21 = cofactor of a21 =(−1)2+1 M21 = 4

A22 = cofactor of a22 =(−1)2+2 M22 = 2

A23 = cofactor of a23 =(−1)2+3 M23 = −1

A31 = cofactor of a31 =(−1)3+1 M31 = −20

A32 = cofactor of a32 =(−1)3+2 M32 = 13

A33 =cofactor of a33 = (−1)3+3 M33 =5

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