I am Suman Mathews, online Math tutor and educator. I can tell you how exactly you should be learning Determinants for Class 12 Mathematics CBSE and ISC.. Reading this post, beforehand will ensure that you don't miss out on any topic before the exams.
Determinants and Matrices is one of the easiest topics in Class 12. Almost all of my students get this topic right. Just ensure that you have a knowledge of Matrices before you start learning Determinants.
What is a Determinant of a Matrix?
To start with, a determinant is a number attached to a square matrix. You will learn how to expand a determinant by any row or column. If A is a square matrix and k is any scalar, what is determinant of kA.
You can access all the formulas in the youtube link provided here.
You can use determinants to find the area of a triangle. This is an important concept. Note that, if the area of the triangle is zero, the points are collinear.
Minors and Cofactors
Minor of any element in a determinant of order n is a determinant of order n-1. Access the formula for minors and cofactors in this video. Once you learn how to calculate the cofactors of a matrix, you can progress to calculating the adjoint of a matrix.
Access more properties of adjoint of a matrix in the video link. A square matrix is said to be singular, if its determinant is equal to zero. And again, if a matrix is non singular its, inverse exists.
There are umpteen problems on this concept. Again, note that this is an important topic which carries considerable weightage in your exams.
Do you need extra help?
Though this topic of Determinants is incredibly easy, you may still need some extra help in studying this. Feel free to register for my webinar on Determinants. The entire topic may require 4 to 5 classes of one hour each.
I will be teaching MCQ based questions, questions based on logical reasoning and case study based questions as well together with long answer questions. These are in tune with the NEP model as framed by ISC, NCERT. For further queries, you can contact me on mathews.suman@gmail.com
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