Three students, Neha, Rani and Sam go to a market to purchase stationery items. Neha buys 4 pens, 3 notepads and 2 erasers and pays ₹ 60. Rani buys 2 pens, 4 notepads and 6 erasers for ₹ 90. Sam pays ₹ 70 for 6 pens, 2 notepads and 3 erasers.
COMPETENCY BASED
APPLY
Bloom's Level: APPLY
Use information in new situations
4 Marks
2025
AISSCE(Board Exam)
SUBJECTIVE
(i) Form the equations required to solve the problem of finding the price of each item, and express it in the matrix form $AX = B$.
(ii) Find $|A|$ and confirm if it is possible to find $A^{-1}$.
(iii) (a) Find $A^{-1}$, if possible, and write the formula to find $X$.
OR
(iii) (b) Find $A^2 - 8I$, where $I$ is an identity matrix.