If $A X=B$, where $A=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 3 & 3 \\ 1 & 4 & 4 \\ 1 & 3 & 4\end{array}\right],…

If $A X=B$, where $A=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 3 & 3 \\ 1 & 4 & 4 \\ 1 & 3 & 4\end{array}\right], X=\left[\begin{array}{l}x \\ y \\ z\end{array}\right]$ and $B=\left[\begin{array}{l}12 \\ 15 \\ 13\end{array}\right]$, then $x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}=$
  1. 14
  2. 19
  3. 21
  4. 6

Solution

Given $\mathrm{AX}=\mathrm{B}$ $\left[\begin{array}{lll} 1 & 3 & 3 \\ 1 & 4 & 4 \\ 1 & 3 & 4 \end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{l} x \\ y \\ z \end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{c} 12 \\ 15 \\ 13 \end{array}\right]$ $\mathrm{R}_{2} \rightarrow \mathrm{R}_{2}-\mathrm{R}_{1}$ and $\mathrm{R}_{3} \rightarrow \mathrm{R}_{3}-\mathrm{R}_{1}$ $\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 3 & 3 \\ 0 & 1 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 & 1\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{l}x \\ y \\ z\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}12 \\ 3 \\ 1\end{array}\right] \Rightarrow\left[\begin{array}{l}x+3 y+3 z \\ y+z \\ z\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}12 \\ 3 \\ 1\end{array}\right]$ $\begin{aligned} \therefore & x+3 y+3 z=12 \\ & y+z=3 \\ & z=1 \end{aligned}$ Thus $z=1, y=2, x=3$ $\therefore x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}=9+4+1=14$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (19 Oct Shift 1)

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