Question

If \[P = \left[ \begin{array}{l} 1\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\alpha \,\,\,\,\,\,\,3\\ 1\,\,\,\,\,\,\,3\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,3\\ 2\,\,\,\,\,\,4\,\,\,\,\,\,\,4 \end{array} \right]\]   is the adjoint of a $$3 \times 3$$  matrix $$A$$ and $$\left| A \right| = 4,$$  then $$\alpha $$ is equal to:

A. 4
B. 11  
C. 5
D. 0
Answer :   11
Solution :
$$\eqalign{ & \left| P \right| = 1\left( {12 - 12} \right) - \alpha \left( {4 - 6} \right) + 3\left( {4 - 6} \right) = 2\alpha - 6 \cr & {\text{Now, }}adj\,A = P \cr & \Rightarrow \,\,\left| {adj\,A} \right| = \left| P \right| \cr & \Rightarrow \,\,{\left| A \right|^2} = \left| P \right| \cr & \Rightarrow \,\,\left| P \right| = 16 \cr & \Rightarrow \,\,2\alpha - 6 = 16 \cr & \Rightarrow \,\,\alpha = 11 \cr} $$

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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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