Matrices
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Let . If , where \(I\) is the identity matrix of order , then is equal to
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If the system of equations
,
has infinitely many solutions, then the point lies on the line
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If for the system of linear equations having infinite solutions
\(
\begin{aligned}
& (\lambda-4) x+(\lambda-2) y+\lambda z=0 \\
& 2 x-3 y+5 z=0 \\
& x+2 y+6 z=0
\end{aligned}
\)
then \(\lambda^2+\lambda\) is
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The values of \(m, n\), for which the system of equations
has infinitely many solutions, satisfy the equation:
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Let be a matrix of order \(3 \times 3\), with \(a_{i j}=(\sqrt{2})^{i+j}\). If the sum of all the elements in the third row of \(A^2\) is \(\alpha+\beta \sqrt{2}, \alpha, \beta \in Z\), then \(\alpha+\beta\) is equal to :
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Consider the system of linear equations \(x+y+z=5\), \(x+2 y+\lambda^2 z=9, x+3 y+\lambda z=\mu\), where \(\lambda, \mu \in R\). Then, which of the following statement is NOT correct?
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If the system of equations
\(\begin{aligned}& 2 x+3 y-z=5 \\& x+\alpha y+3 z=-4 \\& 3 x-y+\beta z=7\end{aligned}\)
has infinitely many solutions, then \(13 \alpha \beta\) is equal to
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If the system of linear equations :
\(
\begin{aligned}
& x+y+2 z=6 \\
& 2 x+3 y+a z=a+1 \\
& -x-3 y+b z=2 b
\end{aligned}
\)
where \(\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b} \in \mathbf{R}\), has infinitely many solutions, then \(7 a+3 b\) is equal to :
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Let the system of equations \(x+2 y+3 z=5,2 x+3 y+z=9,4 x+3 y+\lambda z=\mu\) have infinite number of solutions. Then \(\lambda+2 \mu\) is equal to :
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Let , such that and . If denotes identity matrix, then the matrix is:
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Consider the system of linear equations in \(x, y, z:\)
\(x+2 y+t z=0\),
\(6 x+y+5 t z=0\),
\(3 x+t^2 y+f(t) z=0\),
where \(f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}\) is a differentiable function. If this system has infinitely many solutions for all \(t \in \mathbb{R}\), then \(f\):
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Let , such that and . If denotes identity matrix, then the matrix is:
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Consider the matrix Let the transpose of a matrix \(X\) be denoted by \(X^T\). Then the number of \(3 \times 3\) invertible matrices \(Q\) with integer entries, such that is
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Let \(\mathrm{A}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} & -2 \\ 0 & 1\end{array}\right]\) and \(\mathrm{P}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}\cos \theta & -\sin \theta \\ \sin \theta & \cos \theta\end{array}\right], \theta>0\). If \(\mathrm{B}=\mathrm{PAP}^{\mathrm{T}}, \mathrm{C}=\mathrm{P}^{\mathrm{T}} \mathrm{B}^{10} \mathrm{P}\) and the sum of the diagonal elements of\(C\) is \(\frac{m}{n}\), where \(\operatorname{gcd}(m, n)=1\), then \(m+n\) is :
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Let \(A, B\) and \(C\) be three \(2 \times 2\) matrices with real entries such that and . If and , then is
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\(\begin{aligned}
&\text { If system of equations }\\
&\begin{aligned}
& x+2 y-3 z=2 \\
& 2 x+\lambda y+5 z=5 \\
& 4 x+3 y+\mu z=33 \text { has infinite solutions, then } \lambda+\mu \text { is equal to }
\end{aligned}
\end{aligned}\)
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If the system of equations
\(
\begin{aligned}
& x+2 y-3 z=2 \\
& 2 x+\lambda y+5 z=5 \\
& 14 x+3 y+\mu z=33
\end{aligned}
\)
has infinitely many solutions, then \(\lambda+\mu\) is equal to :
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Consider the system of linear equations \(x+y+z=5\), \(x+2 y+\lambda^2 z=9, x+3 y+\lambda z=\mu\), where \(\lambda, \mu \in R\). Then, which of the following statement is NOT correct?
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Let . If the sum of the diagonal element of ' C ' is where , then is
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If the system of equations
has infinitely many solutions, then is equal to :
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Let be a \(3 \times 3\) matrix such that and , then \(x+y+z\) equals:
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If , then the determinant of the matrix \((A^{2025}-3A^{2024}+A^{2023})\) is
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If the system of linear equations:
has infinitely many solutions, then the value of equals:
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Let be such that the system of linear equations
has no solution. Then is equal to:
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Let be a solution of , and for some a and b in If then m + n is equal to
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Let A be a 3 3 real matrix such that
Then, the system
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Which one of the following matrices can be obtained by performing elementary row transformations on the \(3 \times 3\) identity matrix ?
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If \(A=\left[\begin{array}{cc}1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1\end{array}\right], P=\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 1 \\ 0 & 1\end{array}\right]\) and \(X=A P A^T\), then \(A^T X^{50} A\) is:
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The system of equations
\(
\begin{aligned}
& x+y+z=6 \\
& x+2 y+5 z=9 \\
& x+5 y+\lambda z=\mu
\end{aligned}
\)
has no solution if
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If , then the determinant of the matrix \((A^{2025}-3A^{2024}+A^{2023})\) is
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The system of equations
\(
\begin{aligned}
& x+y+z=6 \\
& x+2 y+5 z=9 \\
& x+5 y+\lambda z=\mu
\end{aligned}
\)
has no solution if
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If the system of linear equations
has infinitely many solutions, then the value of is:
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If the system of equations
has infinitely many solutions, then is equal to
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If the system of equation
has infinitely many solutions, then is equal to :
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Let \(A, B\) and \(C\) be three \(2 \times 2\) matrices with real entries such that and . If and , then is
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Let \(R=\left(\begin{array}{ccc}x & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & y & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & z\end{array}\right)\) be a non-zero \(3 \times 3\) matrix, where \(x \sin \theta=y \sin \left(\theta+\frac{2 \pi}{3}\right)=z \sin \left(\theta+\frac{4 \pi}{3}\right) \neq 0, \theta \in(0,2 \pi)\). For a square matrix \(M\), let trace \((M)\) denote the sum of all the diagonal entries of \(M\). Then, among the statements:
(I) \(\operatorname{Trace}(R)=0\)
(II) If trace \((\operatorname{adj}(\operatorname{adj}(R))=0\), then \(R\) has exactly one non-zero entry.
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If \(A=\left[\begin{array}{cc}1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1\end{array}\right], P=\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 1 \\ 0 & 1\end{array}\right]\) and \(X=A P A^T\), then \(A^T X^{50} A\) is:
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Let \(R=\left(\begin{array}{ccc}x & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & y & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & z\end{array}\right)\) be a non-zero \(3 \times 3\) matrix, where \(x \sin \theta=y \sin \left(\theta+\frac{2 \pi}{3}\right)=z \sin \left(\theta+\frac{4 \pi}{3}\right) \neq 0, \theta \in(0,2 \pi)\). For a square matrix \(M\), let trace \((M)\) denote the sum of all the diagonal entries of \(M\). Then, among the statements:
(I) \(\operatorname{Trace}(R)=0\)
(II) If trace \((\operatorname{adj}(\operatorname{adj}(R))=0\), then \(R\) has exactly one non-zero entry.
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Let \(\alpha, \beta(\alpha \neq \beta)\) be the values of m , for which the equations and \(x+4 y+10 z=m^2\) have infinitely many solutions. Then the value of \(\sum_{n=1}^{10}\left(n^\alpha+n^\beta\right)\) is equal to :
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If the system of equations
has infinitely many solutions, then is equal to
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If the system of equations
has a non-trivial solution, then is equal to :
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\(\begin{aligned}
&\text { If system of equations }\\
&\begin{aligned}
& x+2 y-3 z=2 \\
& 2 x+\lambda y+5 z=5 \\
& 4 x+3 y+\mu z=33 \text { has infinite solutions, then } \lambda+\mu \text { is equal to }
\end{aligned}
\end{aligned}\)
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Let the system of equations :
have infinitely many solutions.
Then the radius of the circle centred at and touching the line is
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If the system of linear equations :
\(
\begin{aligned}
& x+y+2 z=6 \\
& 2 x+3 y+a z=a+1 \\
& -x-3 y+b z=2 b
\end{aligned}
\)
where \(\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b} \in {R}\), has infinitely many solutions, then \(7 a+3 b\) is equal to :
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If the system of equations:
has infinitely many solutions, then the value of is:
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If the system of linear equations
has infinitely many solutions, then the value of \(22 \beta-9 \alpha\) is :
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Let the system of equations
, have infinitely many solutions.
Then the number of the solutions of this system,If are integers and satisfy , is
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If the system of equations
has infinitely many solutions, then is equal to
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Let and A be a matrix such that . If and , then is equal to
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Let \(\lambda, \mu \in R\). If the system of equations
\(
\begin{aligned}
& 3 x+5 y+\lambda z=3 \\
& 7 x+11 y-9 z=2 \\
& 97 x+155 y-189 z=\mu
\end{aligned}\)
has infinitely many solutions, then \(\mu+2 \lambda\) is equal to:
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Let \(\mathrm{A}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} & -2 \\ 0 & 1\end{array}\right]\) and \(\mathrm{P}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}\cos \theta & -\sin \theta \\ \sin \theta & \cos \theta\end{array}\right], \theta>0\). If \(\mathrm{B}=\mathrm{PAP}^{\mathrm{T}}, \mathrm{C}=\mathrm{P}^{\mathrm{T}} \mathrm{B}^{10} \mathrm{P}\) and the sum of the diagonal elements of \(C\) is \(\frac{m}{n}\), where \(\operatorname{gcd}(m, n)=1\), then \(m+n\) is :
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If the system of equation
has infinitely many solutions, then is equal to :
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Let be a solution of , and for some \(a\) and \(b\) in If then \(m+n\) is equal to
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If \(A =\left[\begin{array}{cc}\sqrt{2} & 1 \\ -1 & \sqrt{2}\end{array}\right], B =\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 0 \\ 1 & 1\end{array}\right], C = ABA ^{ T }\) and \(X = A ^{ T } C ^2 A\), then \(\operatorname{det} X\) is equal to :
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If \(A =\left[\begin{array}{cc}\sqrt{2} & 1 \\ -1 & \sqrt{2}\end{array}\right], B =\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 0 \\ 1 & 1\end{array}\right], C = ABA ^{ T }\) and \(X = A ^{ T } C ^2 A\), then \(\operatorname{det} X\) is equal to :
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Consider the system of linear equations \(x+y+z=4 \mu, x+2 y+2 \lambda z=10 \mu, x+3 y+4 \lambda^2 z=\mu^2+15\), where \(\lambda, \mu \in R\). Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
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Consider the system of linear equations \(x+y+z=4 \mu, x+2 y+2 \lambda z=10 \mu, x+3 y+4 \lambda^2 z=\mu^2+15\), where \(\lambda, \mu \in R\). Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
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Let \(\alpha, \beta(\alpha \neq \beta)\) be the values of m , for which the equations and \(x+4 y+10 z=m^2\) have infinitely many solutions. Then the value of \(\sum_{n=1}^{10}\left(n^\alpha+n^\beta\right)\) is equal to :
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Let \(A=\left[a_{i j}\right]\) be a \(3 \times 3\) matrix such that \(\mathrm{A}\left[\begin{array}{l}0 \\ 1 \\ 0\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}0 \\ 0 \\ 1\end{array}\right], \mathrm{A}\left[\begin{array}{l}4 \\ 1 \\ 3\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}0 \\ 1 \\ 0\end{array}\right]\) and \(\mathrm{A}\left[\begin{array}{l}2 \\ 1 \\ 2\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}1 \\ 0 \\ 0\end{array}\right]\), then \(\mathrm{a}_{23}\) equals:
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If the system of linear equations
\( x-2 y+z=-4 \)
\( 2 x+\alpha y+3 z=5 \)
\( 3 x-y+\beta z=3\)
has infinitely many solutions, then \(12 \alpha+13 \beta\) is equal to
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If the system of equations
\(
\begin{aligned}
& x+2 y-3 z=2 \\
& 2 x+\lambda y+5 z=5 \\
& 14 x+3 y+\mu z=33
\end{aligned}
\)
has infinitely many solutions, then \(\lambda+\mu\) is equal to :
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Let \(n\) be the number obtained on rolling a fair die. If the probability that the system
Has a unique solution is then the sum of \(k\) and all possible values of \(n\) is:
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The sum of all possible values of \(\theta \in[0,2 \pi]\), for which the system of equations:
\( x \cos 3 \theta-8 y-12 z=0 \)
\( x \cos 2 \theta+3 y+3 z=0 \)
\( x+y+3 z=0\)
has a non-trivial solution, is equal to:
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Let . If the sum of the diagonal element of ' ' is where , then (m+n) is
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Let be a matrix of order \(3 \times 3\), with \(a_{i j}=(\sqrt{2})^{i+j}\). If the sum of all the elements in the third row of \(A^2\) is \(\alpha+\beta \sqrt{2}, \alpha, \beta \in Z\), then \(\alpha+\beta\) is equal to :
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Let , such that and . If denotes identity matrix, then the matrix is:
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If the system of equations
has infinitely many solutions, then is equal to
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If the system of equations \(x+4 y-z=\lambda, 7 x+9 y+\mu z=-3,5 x+y+2 z=-1\) has infinitely many solutions, then \((2 \mu+3 \lambda)\) is equal to :
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If the system of equations \(x+4 y-z=\lambda, 7 x+9 y+\mu z=-3,5 x+y+2 z=-1\) has infinitely many solutions, then \((2 \mu+3 \lambda)\) is equal to :
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Let the matrix satisfy for . Then the sum of all the elements of is :-
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Let \(A=\left[a_{i j}\right]\) be a \(3 \times 3\) matrix such that \(\mathrm{A}\left[\begin{array}{l}0 \\ 1 \\ 0\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}0 \\ 0 \\ 1\end{array}\right], \mathrm{A}\left[\begin{array}{l}4 \\ 1 \\ 3\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}0 \\ 1 \\ 0\end{array}\right]\) and \(\mathrm{A}\left[\begin{array}{l}2 \\ 1 \\ 2\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}1 \\ 0 \\ 0\end{array}\right]\), then \(\mathrm{a}_{23}\) equals:
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If the system of linear equations
\( x-2 y+z=-4 \)
\( 2 x+\alpha y+3 z=5 \)
\( 3 x-y+\beta z=3\)
has infinitely many solutions, then \(12 \alpha+13 \beta\) is equal to
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Let \(n\) be the number obtained on rolling a fair die. If the probability that the system
Has a unique solution is then the sum of \(k\) and all possible values of \(n\) is:
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Let the system of equations
, have infinitely many solutions. Then the number of the solutions of this system, If are integers and satisfy , is
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If for the system of linear equations having infinite solutions
\(
\begin{aligned}
& (\lambda-4) x+(\lambda-2) y+\lambda z=0 \\
& 2 x-3 y+5 z=0 \\
& x+2 y+6 z=0
\end{aligned}
\)
then \(\lambda^2+\lambda\) is
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Let \(A\) be a real matrix such that , where \(I\) and \(O\) are the identity and null matrices, respectively. If , where and are real constants, then is equal to:
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Let and . If , then the value of \(\frac{b_{31}-b_{21}}{b_{32}}\) is:
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Let the system of equations \(x+2 y+3 z=5,2 x+3 y+z=9,4 x+3 y+\lambda z=\mu\) have infinite number of solutions. Then \(\lambda+2 \mu\) is equal to :
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