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Q : 1 Write Minors and Cofactors of the elements of following determinants:

$\small (i) \begin{vmatrix}2 &-4 \\0 &3 \end{vmatrix}$

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GIven determinant: $\begin{vmatrix}2 &-4 \\0 &3 \end{vmatrix}$

Minor of element $a_{ij}$ is $M_{ij}$ .

Therefore we have

$M_{11}$ = minor of element $a_{11}$ = 3

$M_{12}$ = minor of element $a_{12}$ = 0

$M_{21}$ = minor of element $a_{21}$ = -4

$M_{22}$ = minor of element $a_{22}$ = 2

and finding cofactors of $a_{ij}$ is $A_{ij}$ = $(-1)^{i+j}M_{ij}$ .

Therefore we have:

$A_{11} = (-1)^{1+1}M_{11} = (-1)^2(3) = 3$

$A_{12} = (-1)^{1+2}M_{12} = (-1)^3(0) = 0$

$A_{21} = (-1)^{2+1}M_{21} = (-1)^3(-4) = 4$

$A_{22} = (-1)^{2+2}M_{22} = (-1)^4(2) = 2$

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