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Given $A =$$\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}1&3\\2&2\end{array}} \right]$ ; $I =$$\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}1&0\\0&1\end{array}} \right]$ . $If A - \lambda I$ is a singular matrix then
$\lambda \in \phi$
$\lambda ^2 - 3\lambda - 4 = 0$
$\lambda ^2 + 3\lambda + 4 = 0$
$\lambda ^2 - 3\lambda - 6 = 0$
Solution
$A – \lambda I$
$=$ $\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}1&3\\2&2\end{array}} \right]$ – $\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}\lambda &0\\0&\lambda\end{array}} \right]$ $=$ $\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{1 – \lambda }&3\\2&{2 – \lambda }\end{array}} \right]$
$= (1 – \lambda ) (2 – \lambda ) = \lambda ^2 – 3\lambda + 2 = 0$
i.e. for $A – \lambda I$ to be singular $\lambda ^ 2 – 3\lambda + 2 = 0$
since $A – \lambda I$ is singular ==> det. $(A – \lambda I)$ $= 0$
.hence $\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{1 – \lambda }&3\\2&{2 – \lambda }\end{array}} \right]$ $= 0$
$==> 2 – \lambda – 2\lambda + \lambda ^2 – 6 = 0$ or $\lambda ^2 – 3\lambda – 4 = 0$