OCR Further Pure Core AS 2023 June — Question 7

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Pure Core AS (Further Pure Core AS)
Year2023
SessionJune
Topic3x3 Matrices

7 In this question you must show detailed reasoning. Matrix \(\mathbf { A }\) is given by \(\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { c c c } a & - 6 & a - 3
a + 9 & a & 4
0 & - 13 & a - 1 \end{array} \right)\) where \(a\) is a constant.
Find all possible values of \(a\) for which \(\operatorname { det } \mathbf { A }\) has the same value as it has when \(a = 2\).