Which of the following matrix is invertible? $A_{1}=\left[\begin{array}{ll}4 & 2 \\ 2 & 1\end{array}\right]$…

Which of the following matrix is invertible? $A_{1}=\left[\begin{array}{ll}4 & 2 \\ 2 & 1\end{array}\right]$ $A_{2}=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}-1 & -2 & 3 \\ 4 & 5 & 7 \\ 2 & 4 & -6\end{array}\right]$ $A_{3}=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 5 & 2 & 1 \\ 7 & 2 & 1\end{array}\right]$ $A_{4}=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 2 & 3 \\ 1 & 2 & 1\end{array}\right]$
  1. $A_{1}$
  2. $A_{3}$
  3. $A_{4}$
  4. $A_{2}$

Solution

Any Matrix is said to be invertiable only if $|\mathrm{A}| \neq 0$ Here $\left|A_{4}\right|=\left|\begin{array}{lll} 1 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 2 & 3 \\ 1 & 2 & 1 \end{array}\right| \quad=(-4)+1(-2)=-6 \neq 0$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (12 Oct Shift 1)

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