If $A$ is a matrix such that $\left[\begin{array}{ll} 2 & 1 \\ 3 & 2 \end{array}\right]…

If $A$ is a matrix such that $\left[\begin{array}{ll} 2 & 1 \\ 3 & 2 \end{array}\right] A\left[\begin{array}{ll} 1 & 1 \end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{ll} 1 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 \end{array}\right]$ then $A$ is equal to
  1. $\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 1 \\ 0 & 1\end{array}\right]$
  2. $\left[\begin{array}{ll}2 & 1\end{array}\right]$
  3. $\left[\begin{array}{rr}1 & 0 \\ -1 & 1\end{array}\right]$
  4. $\left[\begin{array}{r}2 \\ -3\end{array}\right]$

Solution

Let $\begin{aligned} & A=\left[\begin{array}{l}x_1 \\ x_2\end{array}\right] \\ & \therefore \quad\left[\begin{array}{ll}2 & 1 \\ 3 & 2\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{l}x_1 \\ x_2\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 1\end{array}\right] \\ &=\left[\begin{array}{c}2 x_1+x_2 \\ 3 x_1+2 x_2\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 1\end{array}\right] \\ &=\left[\begin{array}{cc}2 x_1+x_2 & 2 x_1+x_2 \\ 3 x_1+2 x_2 & 3 x_1+2 x_2\end{array}\right]\end{aligned}$ $\begin{aligned} & \therefore \quad\left[\begin{array}{cc} 2 x_1+x_2 & 2 x_1+x_2 \\ 3 x_1+2 x_2 & 3 x_1+2 x_2 \end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{ll} 1 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 \end{array}\right] \\ & \Rightarrow 2 x_1+x_2=1 \text { and } 3 x_1+2 x_2=0 \end{aligned}$ On solving, we get $\begin{aligned} & & x_1=2 \\ and & & x_2=-3 \\ & & A=\left[\begin{array}{r} 2 \\ -3 \end{array}\right] \end{aligned}$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2011

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