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{"name": "Determinants ", "extensions": [], "custom_part_types": [], "resources": [], "navigation": {"allowregen": true, "showfrontpage": false, "preventleave": false, "typeendtoleave": false}, "question_groups": [{"pickingStrategy": "all-ordered", "questions": [{"functions": {}, "ungrouped_variables": ["a21", "a22", "b22", "b21", "b1", "s2", "s1", "b12", "b11", "tr1", "c12", "c11", "tr2", "tr4", "c22", "a11", "a12", "db", "dc", "da", "a1", "c21", "c1", "tr3", "a", "b", "s", "u", "t"], "name": "Determinants ", "tags": ["determinant of a matrix", "inverse", "inverse matrix", "matrix", "matrix inverse", "matrix multiplication", "multiply matrix"], "advice": "<h4>a)</h4>\n<h5>Determinants.</h5>\n<p>Here is the formula for the determinant of a $2 \\times 2$ matrix:<br/>\\[M = \\begin{pmatrix} a &amp; b \\\\ c&amp;d \\end{pmatrix} \\Rightarrow \\mathrm{det}\\left(M\\right) = ad-bc \\]</p>\n<p>$\\mathrm{det}\\left(A\\right) = \\simplify[]{{a11}*{a22}-{a12}*{a21} = {dA}}$<br/>$\\mathrm{det}\\left(B\\right) = \\simplify[]{{b11}*{b22}-{b12}*{b21} = {dB}}$<br/>$\\mathrm{det}\\left(C\\right) = \\simplify[]{{c11}*{c22}-{c12}*{c21} = {dC}}$</p>\n<h5>Determinant of a product of matrices.</h5>\n<p>If we have two $n \\times n$ matrices $M$ and $N$ then:<br/>\\[\\mathrm{det}\\left(MN\\right) = \\mathrm{det}\\left(M\\right)\\mathrm{det}\\left(N\\right)\\]<br/>And it follows that if we have a third matrix $P$ that:<br/>\\[\\mathrm{det}\\left(MNP\\right) = \\mathrm{det}\\left(M\\right)\\mathrm{det}\\left(N\\right)\\mathrm{det}\\left(P\\right)\\]</p>\n<p>Thus for our example we have:</p>\n<p>\\[\\begin{eqnarray*}\\mathrm{det}\\left(ABC\\right) &amp;=&amp; \\mathrm{det}\\left(A\\right)\\times\\mathrm{det}\\left(B\\right)\\times\\mathrm{det}\\left(C\\right)\\\\ &amp;=&amp; \\var{dA}\\times \\var{dB} \\times \\var{dC}\\\\ &amp;=&amp; \\var{dA*dB*dC} \\end{eqnarray*} \\]</p>\n<h5>Inverse of a $2 \\times 2$ matrix</h5>\n<p>Suppose $M$ is a $2 \\times 2$ matrix and $\\mathrm{det}\\left(M\\right) = \\Delta \\neq 0$.</p>\n<p>Then $M$ is invertible and:<br/>\\[M = \\begin{pmatrix} a &amp; b \\\\ c&amp;d \\end{pmatrix} \\Rightarrow M^{-1} = \\frac{1}{\\Delta} \\begin{pmatrix} d &amp; -b\\\\ -c&amp; a \\end{pmatrix}=\\begin{pmatrix} \\frac{d}{\\Delta} &amp; -\\frac{b}{\\Delta}\\\\ -\\frac{c}{\\Delta}&amp; \\frac{a}{\\Delta} \\end{pmatrix}\\]</p>\n<p>Applying this to these examples we obtain:</p>\n<h4>b)</h4>\n<p>\\[A^{-1} = \\begin{pmatrix} \\simplify[std]{{a22}/{dA}} &amp;\\simplify[std]{{-a12}/{dA}}\\\\\\simplify[std]{{-a21}/{dA}}&amp;\\simplify[std]{{a11}/{dA}}\\end{pmatrix}\\]</p>\n<h4>c)</h4>\n<p>\\[B^{-1} = \\begin{pmatrix} \\simplify[std]{{b22}/{dB}} &amp;\\simplify[std]{{-b12}/{dB}}\\\\\\simplify[std]{{-b21}/{dB}}&amp;\\simplify[std]{{b11}/{dB}}\\end{pmatrix}\\]</p>\n<h4>d)</h4>\n<p>\\[C^{-1} = \\begin{pmatrix} \\simplify[std]{{c22}/{dC}} &amp;\\simplify[std]{{-c12}/{dC}}\\\\\\simplify[std]{{-c21}/{dC}}&amp;\\simplify[std]{{c11}/{dC}}\\end{pmatrix}\\]</p>", "rulesets": {"std": ["all", "fractionNumbers", "!collectNumbers"]}, "parts": [{"prompt": "<p>Calculate the determinants of these matrices:</p>\n<p>$\\mathrm{det}\\left(A\\right) = \\;\\;$[[0]]$,\\;\\;\\;\\mathrm{det}\\left(B\\right) = \\;\\;$[[1]]$,\\;\\;\\;\\mathrm{det}\\left(C\\right) = \\;\\;$[[2]]$,\\;\\;\\;\\mathrm{det}\\left(ABC\\right) = \\;\\;$[[3]]</p>", "marks": 0, "gaps": [{"allowFractions": false, "scripts": {}, "maxValue": "dA", "minValue": "dA", "correctAnswerFraction": false, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "marks": 0.5, "type": "numberentry", "showPrecisionHint": false}, {"allowFractions": false, "scripts": {}, "maxValue": "dB", "minValue": "dB", "correctAnswerFraction": false, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "marks": 0.5, "type": "numberentry", "showPrecisionHint": false}, {"allowFractions": false, "scripts": {}, "maxValue": "dC", "minValue": "dC", "correctAnswerFraction": false, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "marks": 0.5, "type": "numberentry", "showPrecisionHint": false}, {"allowFractions": false, "scripts": {}, "maxValue": "dA*dB*dC", "minValue": "dA*dB*dC", "correctAnswerFraction": false, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "marks": 0.5, "type": "numberentry", "showPrecisionHint": false}], "showCorrectAnswer": true, "scripts": {}, "type": "gapfill"}], "statement": "<p>Let <br/>\\[A=\\begin{pmatrix} \\var{a11}&amp;\\var{a12}\\\\ \\var{a21}&amp;\\var{a22}\\\\ \\end{pmatrix},\\;\\; B=\\begin{pmatrix} \\var{b11}&amp;\\var{b12}\\\\ \\var{b21}&amp;\\var{b22}\\\\ \\end{pmatrix},\\;\\; C=\\begin{pmatrix} \\var{c11}&amp;\\var{c12}\\\\ \\var{c21}&amp;\\var{c22}\\\\ \\end{pmatrix}\\]</p>", "variable_groups": [], "variablesTest": {"maxRuns": 100, "condition": ""}, "preamble": {"css": "", "js": ""}, "variables": {"a21": {"definition": "s2*random(1..6)", "templateType": "anything", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "name": "a21", "description": ""}, 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