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II PUC : MATHEMATICS x 5 0 0

1
R1  R 3  2 6 1  35
DETERMINANTS 2
5 4 1

Applications of Determinants  70   x  5   6  4 
a) To find the Area of the triangle:  10  x  5
Area of the triangle whose vertices are – 70
A  x1 , y1  , B  x 2 , y 2  , C  x 3 , y3    x  5  7
10
x1 y1 1  x  5  7 (or)  7
1
 x 2 y2 1  x  12,  2
2
x 3 y3 1 4. A le has its three sides equal to a, b & c. If
1 the coordinates of its vertices are A (x 1, y1),
  x1y 2  x 2 y1  x 2 y 3  x 3y 2  x 3y1  x1y 3  2
2 x1 y1 2
b) The three points
A  x1 , y1  , B  x 2 , y2  , C  x 3 , y3  B  x 2 , y 2  and C  x 3 , y3  , show that x 2 y 2 2
are collinear if and only if the area of the triangle is x 3 y3 2
zero.  (a  b  c) (b  c  a) (c  a  b) (a  b  c).
1
x1 y1 1 So ln :  Let  be the area of the triangle ABC.
That is iff x2 y2 1 0
2 x1 y1 1
x3 y3 1 1
  x 2 y 2 1 ..... ...(1)
Problems:- 2
x 3 y3 1
2
1. Using determinants, find the area of the x1 y1 2 x1 y1 1 
2

triangle whose vertices are  


L.H.S.  x 2 y 2 2   2 x 2 y 2 1 
1, 4 ,  2,  3 ,  5,  3
 x y 1 
Soln:- Area of the triangle = absolute value of x 3 y3 2  3 3 
1 4 1  (2(2)) 2  16 2 [By (1)]
1
2 3 1 R.H.S = (a + b + c) (b + c - a)(c + a - b) (a + b-c)
2
5 3 1 = [2s (a + b + c - 2a) (a + b + c - 2b)
1 (a + b + c - 2c)]
 1  3  3  4  2  5  1  6  15 (Using 2s = a + b + c)
2
1 = 2s (2s - 2a) (2s - 2b) (2s - 2c)
 1  0   4  7   1  21
2  16s (s  a)(s  b)(s  c)

 
1 1 49 2
 0  28  21   49  sq.units  16 s(s  a)(s  b)(s  c)
2 2 2
2. Using determinants, find the area of the  16 2 (By Area formula)
triangle whose vertices are -
 L.H.S = R.H.S.
1,  1 ,  2, 4  ,  3, 5
and also find whether the points are collinear. Applications of simultaneous linear
Soln:- Area of the triangle = absolute value of equations
1 1 1 1. The sum of three numbers is 6. If we multiply
1
2 4 1 the third number by 2 and add the first number
2
3 5 1 to the result, we get 7. By adding second and
1 third numbers to three times the first number, we
 1  4  5  1  2  3  1 10  12 
2 get 12. Using matrices find the numbers.
1 1 Soln:- Let the three numbers be x, y and z
  1  5  22  26
2 2 respectively, then,
 13 sq.units x +y + z = 6.
Since the area of the triangle is not equal to Also, x + 2z = 7[given] and,
zero, the three given points are not collinear. 3x + y + z = 12
3. Find the value of x, if the area of the triangle is Thus, we obtain the following system of
35 sq.units with vertices simultaneous linear equations:
 x, 4  ,  2,  6  ,  5, 4 x+y+z=6
x + 0y + 2z = 7
4 1 x
1 3x + y + z = 12
So ln :  Absolute value of 2  6 1  35 The above system of equations can be written in
2
5 4 1 matrix form as

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