If $A^{-1}=\left[\begin{array}{lll}3 & 2 & 6 \\ 1 & 1 & 2 \\ 2 & 5 & 5\end{array}\right]$, then $A=$

If $A^{-1}=\left[\begin{array}{lll}3 & 2 & 6 \\ 1 & 1 & 2 \\ 2 & 5 & 5\end{array}\right]$, then $A=$
  1. $\left[\begin{array}{ccc}-5 & 20 & -2 \\ -1 & 3 & 0 \\ 3 & -11 & 1\end{array}\right]$
  2. $\left[\begin{array}{ccc}-5 & 20 & 2 \\ -1 & 3 & 0 \\ 3 & 11 & 1\end{array}\right]$
  3. $\left[\begin{array}{ccc}-5 & 20 & 2 \\ 1 & 3 & 0 \\ 3 & 11 & -1\end{array}\right]$
  4. $\left[\begin{array}{ccc}-5 & 20 & -2 \\ 1 & 3 & 0 \\ 3 & 11 & 1\end{array}\right]$

Solution

Let $\mathrm{A}^{-1} \mathrm{~A}=\mathrm{I}$ $\begin{aligned} & {\left[\begin{array}{lll} 3 & 2 & 6 \\ 1 & 1 & 2 \\ 2 & 5 & 5 \end{array}\right] A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right]} \\ & R_2 \rightarrow 3 R_2-R_1 \text { and } R_3 \rightarrow 3 R_3-2 R_1 \\ & {\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 3 & 2 & 6 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 11 & 3 \end{array}\right] A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ -1 & 3 & 0 \\ -2 & 0 & 3 \end{array}\right]} \\ & R_1 \rightarrow R_1-2 R_2 \text { and } R_3 \rightarrow R_3-11 R_2 \end{aligned}$ $\begin{aligned} & {\left[\begin{array}{lll} 3 & 0 & 6 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 3 \end{array}\right] A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 3 & -6 & 0 \\ -1 & 3 & 0 \\ 9 & -33 & 3 \end{array}\right]} \\ & \mathrm{R}_1 \rightarrow \mathrm{R}_1-2 \mathrm{R}_3 \\ & {\left[\begin{array}{lll} 3 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 3 \end{array}\right] \mathrm{A}=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} -15 & 60 & -6 \\ -1 & 3 & 0 \\ 9 & -33 & 3 \end{array}\right]} \\ & \mathrm{R}_1 \rightarrow \frac{1}{3} \mathrm{R}_1 \text { and } \mathrm{R}_3 \rightarrow \frac{1}{3} \mathrm{R}_3 \\ & {\left[\begin{array}{lll} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right] \mathrm{A}=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} -5 & 20 & -2 \\ -1 & 3 & 0 \\ 3 & -11 & 1 \end{array}\right]} \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (20 Sep Shift 2)

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