Matrices & Determinants Questions (2045)

The determinant \(\begin{vmatrix} y^2-xy & x^2 \\ a & b & c \\ a' & b' & c' \end{vmatrix}\) is equal to \(\begin{vmatrix} bx-ay & cx-by \\ a'x-b'y & b'x-c'y \end{vmatrix}\)
If x3x-yzx+z3y-w=3247, then
If x, y, z are the roots of t^3 - 21t^2 + bt - 343 = 0, b ∈ R, then D is equal to-
The determinant cos(θ+ϕ)-sin(θ+ϕ)cos2ϕsinθcosθsinϕ-cosθsinθcosϕ is -
Let the following system of equations have no solution:\[\begin{align} kx + y + z &= 1 \\ x + ky + z &= k \\ x + y + kz &= k^2 \end{align}\] Find \(|k|\).
The number of A in Tp such that the trace of A is not divisible by p but det (A) is divisible by p is -[Note: The trace of a matrix is the sum of its diagonal entries.]
If ab+bcabbcbc+cabccaca+abcaab=0, where a, b, c ∈ R+, then which of the following is necessarily true -
If S is the set of distinct values of 'b' for which the following system of linear equations x + y + z = 1 x + ay + z = 1 ax + by + z = 0 has no solution, then S is :
The number of real values of x satisfying is -
Let A be a 2 x 2 matrix with det (A) = -1 and det ((A + I) (Adj (1) + I)) = 4. Then the sum of the diagonal elements of A can be :
If a, b, c are in AP, then x+1x+2x+ax+2x+3x+bx+3x+4x+c equals -
Let the system of equations $x+2y+3z=5$, $2x+3y+z=9$, $4x+3y+\lambda z=\mu$ have infinite number of solutions. Then $\lambda+2\mu$ is equal to:
Let a, b, c be any real numbers. Suppose that there are real numbers x, y, z not all zero such that x = cy + bz, y = az + cx and z = bx + ay, then a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + 2abc is equal to
The values of α, for which 13/2α+3/211/3α+1/32α+33α+10 = 0, lie in the interval
If a, b, c are sides of a scalene triangle, then the value of <mfenced close="|
Let A be a 3x3 matrix such that A^2 = A. If det(A) = 0 and the trace of A is 2, then the rank of A is:
Let α ∈ (0, ∞) and A = 12α101012. If det(adj(2A - Aᵀ).adj(A - 2Aᵀ)) = 2⁸, then (det(A))² is equal to:
Consider a system of linear equations $a_ix + b_iy + c_iz = d_i$ (where $a_i, b_i, c_i \neq 0$ and $i = 1,2,3$ ) & $(\alpha,\beta,\gamma)$ is its unique solution, then match list-I with list-IIList-IList-II(I) If $a_i = k, d_i = k^2, (k \neq 0)$ and $\alpha + \beta + \gamma = 2$, then $k$ is(P) 1(II) If $a_i = d_i = k \neq 0$, then $\alpha + \beta + \gamma$ is(Q) 2(III) If $a_i = k > 0, d_i = k + 1$, then $\alpha + \beta + \gamma$ can be(R) 0(IV) If $a_i = k (S) 3(T) -1
Which of the following determinant(s) vanish(es) ?
Let A be a 3x3 matrix such that A^2 = I. If the determinant of A is -1, then find the value of det(A - I).
Let a, b, c are the solutions of the cubic x^3 - 5x^2 + 3x - 1 = 0, then find the value of the determinant abca-bc-ac-ab+cc+aa+b.
A and B are two square matrices such that A2B = BA and if (AB)10 = Ak × B10. Find the value of k − 1020.
If x2+12xy+12xz+12xy+12y2+12yz+12xz+12yz+12z2+12=kx-y2y-z2z-x2, then k =
If the determinant a+pl+xu+fb+qm+yv+gc+rn+zw+h splits into exactly K determinants of order 3, each element of which contains only one term, then the value of K, is-
Let A = [aij] be a 3x3 matrix such that AT = A and det(A) = 0. If the sum of the diagonal elements of A is 6 and the sum of the squares of the diagonal elements is 14, then the possible value(s) of det(A + I) is/are
There are two numbers x making the value of the determinant 1-252x-1042x equal to 86. The sum of these two numbers, is-
If the determinant a+pl+xu+fb+qm+yv+gc+rn+zw+h splits into exactly K determinants of order 3, each element of which contains only one term, then the value of K, is-
If a, b, c > 0 and x, y, z ∈ R, then the determinant is equal to -
For 3 × 3 matrices M and N, which of the following statement(s) is (are) NOT correct?(A) NTMN is symmetric or skew symmetric, according as M is symmetric or skew symmetric(B) MN − NM is skew symmetric for all symmetric matrices M and N(C) MN is symmetric for all symmetric matrices M and N(D) (adjM)(adjN) = adj(MN) for all invertible matrices M and N
The number of θ ∈ (0, 4π) for which the system of linear equations 3(sin 3θ)x - y + z = 2 3(cos 2θ)x + 4y + 3z = 3 6x + 7y + 7z = 9 has no solution is :
Let A be a 3x3 matrix such that A^2 = A. If det(A) = 0 and the trace of A is 2, then the rank of A is:
If A is a symmetric and B skew symmetric matrix and A + B is non singular and C = (A + B)-1(A - B) then CT AC =
If A = 100210321, then A20 + (AT)20 equals
Let M be a 2 x 2 symmetric matrix with integer entries. Then M is invertible if(A) the first column of M is the transpose of the second row of M(B) the second row of M is the transpose of the first column of M(C) M is a diagonal matrix with nonzero entries in the main diagonal(D) the product of entries in the main diagonal is not the square of an integer
Let A be a 3x3 matrix such that A2 - 5A + 7I = 0. If An = 5n A - 7n I for some n, then n is equal to:
The determinant is -
Let $D_1 = \begin{vmatrix} a & b & a+b \\ c & d & c+d \\ a & b & a-b \end{vmatrix}$ and $D_2 = \begin{vmatrix} a & c & a+c \\ b & d & b+d \\ a & c & a+b+c \end{vmatrix}$ then the value of $\frac{D_1}{D_2}$ where $b \neq 0$ and $ad \neq bc$, is
If ab+abbc+bc1bc+bcca+ca1ca+caab+ab1=0, where a, b, c ∈ R+, then which of the following is necessarily true -
Let $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$ and $B = I + \text{adj}(A) + (\text{adj } A)^2 + \dots + (\text{adj } A)^{10}$. Then, the sum of all the elements of the matrix $B$ is :
Consider the matrices: A = \begin{pmatrix} 2 & -5 \\ 3 & m \end{pmatrix}, B = \begin{pmatrix} 20 \\ m \end{pmatrix} and X = \begin{pmatrix} x \\ y \end{pmatrix}. Let the set of all m, for which the system of equations AX = B has a negative solution (i.e., x < 0 and y < 0), be the interval (a, b). Then 8 \int_{a}^{b} |A| dm is equal to ________.
Let S1 and S2 be respectively the sets of all a ∈ R - {0} for which the system of linear equations ax + 2ay - 3az = 1 (2a + 1)x + (2a + 3)y + (a + 1)z = 2 (3a + 5)x + (a + 5)y + (a + 2)z = 3 has unique solution and infinitely many solutions. Then
If A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 2 & 3 \end{bmatrix} and A^2 - kA - I_2 = 0, then value of k is-
If \(D_k = \begin{vmatrix} 1 & n & n \\ 2k & n^2+n+1 & n^2+n \\ 2k-1 & n^2 & n^2+n+1 \end{vmatrix}\) and \(\sum_{k=1}^{n} D_k = 56\), then \(n\) equals
If \(\ell will always be greater than -
Let α, β and γ be real numbers. consider the following system of linear equationsx + 2y + z = 7x + αz = 112x - 3y + βz = γMatch each entry in List-I to the correct entries in List-IIList-IList-II(P) If β = 1/2(7α - 3) and γ = 28, then the system has(1) a unique solution(Q) If β = 1/2(7α - 3) and γ ≠ 28, then the system has(2) no solution(R) If β ≠ 1/2(7α - 3) where α = 1 and γ ≠ 28, then the system has(3) infinitely many solutions(S) If β ≠ 1/2(7α - 3) where α = 1 and γ = 28, then the system has(4) x = 11, y = -2 and z = 0 as a solution(5) x = -15, y = 4 and z = 0 as a solution
If the system of equation x + (\sqrt{2}\sin \alpha)y + (\sqrt{2}\cos \alpha)z = 0 x + (\cos \alpha)y + (\sin \alpha)z = 0 x + (\sin \alpha)y - (\cos \alpha)z = 0 has a non-trivial solution, then \alpha =
Let S1 and S2 be respectively the sets of all a ∈ R - {0} for which the system of linear equations ax + 2ay - 3az = 1 (2a + 1)x + (2a + 3)y + (a + 1)z = 2 (3a + 5)x + (a + 5)y + (a + 2)z = 3 has unique solution and infinitely many solutions. Then
If the equations a(y + z) = x, b(z + x) = y, c(x + y) = z (where a, b, c ≠ -1) have nontrivial solutions, then find the value of 1/(1+a) + 1/(1+b) + 1/(1+c).
Let the system of linear equations 4x + λy + 2z = 0 2x - y + z = 0 μx + 2y + 3z = 0, λ, μ ∈ R has a non-trivial solution. Then which of the following is true ?
If the system of equation x + (\sqrt{2}\sin \alpha)y + (\sqrt{2}\cos \alpha)z = 0 x + (\cos \alpha)y + (\sin \alpha)z = 0 x + (\sin \alpha)y - (\cos \alpha)z = 0 has a non-trivial solution, then \alpha =