Question

If $${a_1},{a_2},{a_3},.....,{a_n},.....$$      are G.P., then the determinant \[\Delta = \left| \begin{array}{l} \,\,\log {a_n}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log {a_{n + 1}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log {a_{n + 2}}\\ \log {a_{n + 3}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log {a_{n + 4}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log {a_{n + 5}}\\ \log {a_{n + 6}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log {a_{n + 7}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log {a_{n + 8}} \end{array} \right|\]        is equal to

A. 1
B. 0  
C. 4
D. 2
Answer :   0
Solution :
$$\because \,\,{a_1},{a_2},{a_3},.....,$$     are in G.P.
∴ Using $${a_n} = a{r^{n - 1}},$$   we get the given determinant, as
\[\left| \begin{array}{l} \log a{r^{n - 1}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log a{r^n}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log a{r^{n + 1}}\\ \log a{r^{n + 2}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log a{r^{n + 3}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log a{r^{n + 4}}\\ \log a{r^{n + 5}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log a{r^{n + 6}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log a{r^{n + 7}} \end{array} \right|\]
$${\text{Operating }}{C_3} - {C_2}\,{\text{and }}{C_2} - {C_1}$$      and using
$$\log m - \log n = \log \frac{m}{n}\,\,{\text{we get}}$$
\[ = \left| \begin{array}{l} \log a{r^{n - 1}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log r\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log r\\ \log a{r^{n + 2}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log r\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log r\\ \log a{r^{n + 5}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log r\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\log r \end{array} \right|\]
= 0 (two columns being identical)

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Releted Question 1

Consider the set $$A$$ of all determinants of order 3 with entries 0 or 1 only. Let $$B$$  be the subset of $$A$$ consisting of all determinants with value 1. Let $$C$$  be the subset of $$A$$ consisting of all determinants with value $$- 1.$$ Then

A. $$C$$ is empty
B. $$B$$  has as many elements as $$C$$
C. $$A = B \cup C$$
D. $$B$$  has twice as many elements as elements as $$C$$
Releted Question 2

If $$\omega \left( { \ne 1} \right)$$  is a cube root of unity, then
\[\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 1&{1 + i + {\omega ^2}}&{{\omega ^2}}\\ {1 - i}&{ - 1}&{{\omega ^2} - 1}\\ { - i}&{ - i + \omega - 1}&{ - 1} \end{array}} \right|=\]

A. 0
B. 1
C. $$i$$
D. $$\omega $$
Releted Question 3

Let $$a, b, c$$  be the real numbers. Then following system of equations in $$x, y$$  and $$z$$
$$\frac{{{x^2}}}{{{a^2}}} + \frac{{{y^2}}}{{{b^2}}} - \frac{{{z^2}}}{{{c^2}}} = 1,$$    $$\frac{{{x^2}}}{{{a^2}}} - \frac{{{y^2}}}{{{b^2}}} + \frac{{{z^2}}}{{{c^2}}} = 1,$$    $$ - \frac{{{x^2}}}{{{a^2}}} + \frac{{{y^2}}}{{{b^2}}} + \frac{{{z^2}}}{{{c^2}}} = 1$$     has

A. no solution
B. unique solution
C. infinitely many solutions
D. finitely many solutions
Releted Question 4

If $$A$$ and $$B$$ are square matrices of equal degree, then which one is correct among the followings?

A. $$A + B = B + A$$
B. $$A + B = A - B$$
C. $$A - B = B - A$$
D. $$AB=BA$$

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