JEE ASPIRANTS
MATHEMATIC S
MATRICES
ONE SHOT LECTURE
BY- ASHISH AGARWAL SIR
Matrices
Any set of mn elements arranged in a rectangular array of m rows and n
columns is known as matrix of order m × n.
𝒂𝟏𝟏 𝒂𝟏𝟐 𝒂𝟏𝒏
𝒂𝟐𝟏 𝒂𝟐𝟐 𝒂𝟐𝒏
𝑨= : : : and 𝑨 = 𝒂𝒊𝒋 𝒎×𝒏
𝟏 ≤ 𝒊 ≤ 𝒎, 𝟏 ≤ 𝒋 ≤ 𝒏.
𝒂𝒎𝟏 𝒂𝒎𝟐 𝒂𝒎𝒏
The element of a matrix may be real or complex numbers. If all the elements of
a matrix are real, the matrix is called real matrix.
QUESTION
𝐢–𝟐𝐣
Construct a matrix of order 3 × 2 such that 𝐚𝐣𝐣 =
𝟐
Question
A matrix has 143 elements. Number of possible orders it can have.
QUESTION (IIT- JEE)
A is a square matrix of order n.
l = maximum number of distinct entries if A is a triangular matrix.
m = maximum number of distinct entries if A is a diagonal matrix.
p = minimum number of zeroes if A is a triangular matrix
if l + 5 = p + 2m, find the order of the matrix.
QUESTION
Using only the elements 0 and 1, find the number of 3 × 3 matrices that are:
(a) Diagonal
(b) Upper triangular
(c) Non-singular and upper triangular. Generalize to n × n matrices.
Ans: (a) 8; (b) 64; (c) 8
Question
𝟔 –𝟔𝟎 𝟑 𝟐 𝟓
Find the matrices X and Y if 𝟐𝐗 – 𝐘 = and X + 2Y = .
–𝟒 𝟐 𝟏 –𝟐 𝟏 –𝟕
QUESTION (JEE 2021)
𝟏 𝟐 𝟎 𝟐 –𝟏 𝟓
Let 𝐀 + 𝟐𝐁 = 𝟔 – 𝟑 𝟑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐𝐀– 𝐁 𝟐 – 𝟏 𝟔 . If Tr(A) denotes the sum of all
–𝟓 𝟑 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐
diagonal elements of the matrix A, then Tr(A)– Tr(B) has value equal to:
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 0
Question
If A, B, C are the given matrices such that AB = O and BC = 1, then prove that
(A + B)2 (A + C)2 = I where I is an identity matrix.
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2022, 29 June)
Let 𝐀 = 𝐚𝐢𝐣 be a square matrix of order 3 such that 𝐚𝐢𝐣 = 𝟐𝐣−𝐢, for all 𝐢, 𝐣 = 𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑.
Then, the matrix 𝐀𝟐 + 𝐀𝟑 + ⋯ + 𝐀𝟏𝟎 is equal to :
𝟑𝟏𝟎−𝟑
A 𝐀
𝟐
𝟑𝟏𝟎−𝟏
B 𝐀
𝟐
𝟑𝟏𝟎+𝟏
C 𝐀
𝟐
𝟑𝟏𝟎+𝟑
D 𝟐
𝐀
Ans: A
QUESTION
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 .
A is a 2 × 2 matrix such that 𝐀 = −𝟏 and 𝐀𝟐 =
−𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏 𝟎
The sum of the element of A, is
A. –1
B. 0
C. 2
D. 5
Question
If A and B be two square matrices of order 3 × 3 which satisfy AB = A and
BA = B, then (A + B)7 equals.
A 8(A + B)
B 16(A + B)
C 32(A + B)
D 64(A + B)
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 29 Jan)
Let 𝑎 and 𝛽 be real numbers. Consider a 𝟑 × 𝟑 matrix 𝐀 such that 𝐀𝟐 = 𝟑𝐀 + 𝑎𝐈.
If 𝐀𝟒 = 𝟐𝟏𝐀 + 𝛽𝐈, then
A 𝑎 =𝟏
B 𝑎 =𝟒
C 𝛽=𝟖
D 𝛽 = −𝟖
Ans: D
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 6 April)
Let 𝐏 be a square matrix such that 𝐏 𝟐 = 𝐈 − 𝐏. For 𝑎 , 𝛽, 𝗒 , ✿∈ ℕ,
if 𝐏 𝑎 + 𝐏 𝛽 = 𝗒 𝐈 − 𝟐𝟗𝐏 and 𝐏 𝑎 − 𝐏 𝛽 = ✿𝐈− 𝟏𝟑𝐏, then 𝑎 + 𝛽 + 𝗒 − ✿is equal to :
A. 18
B. 22
C. 24
D. 40
Ans: C
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 1Feb)
𝟏 𝟑 , then :
If 𝐀 = 𝟏
𝟐 − 𝟑 𝟏
A 𝐀𝟑𝟎 − 𝐀𝟐𝟓 = 𝟐𝐈
B 𝐀𝟑𝟎 + 𝐀𝟐𝟓 − 𝐀 = 𝐈
C 𝐀𝟑𝟎 = 𝐀𝟐𝟓
D 𝐀𝟑𝟎 + 𝐀𝟐𝟓 + 𝐀 = 𝐈
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 12April)
𝟏 𝟏/𝟓𝟏 . If 𝐁 = 𝟏 𝟐 𝐀 −𝟏 −𝟐 ,
Let 𝐀 =
𝟎 𝟏 −𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
then the sum of all the elements of the matrix ∑𝟓𝟎
𝐧=𝟏 𝐁 is equal to
𝐧
A. 50
B. 75
C 100
D 125
Ans: C
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 1Jan)
𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
Let 𝐀 = 𝟎 𝟒 −𝟏 .
𝟎 𝟏𝟐 −𝟑
Then the sum of the diagonal elements of the matrix (𝐀 + 𝐈)𝟏𝟏 is equal to :
A 4094
B 2050
C 6144
D 4097
Ans: D
QUESTION (JEE A dv a n ced 2022, Paper 2)
𝟓 𝟑
𝟐 𝟐
If 𝐌 = , then which of the following matrices is equal to 𝐌𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 ?
−𝟑 −𝟏
𝟐 𝟐
𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟒 𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟑
A −𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟑 −𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟐
𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟒 −𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟑
B
𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟑 −𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟐
𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟑 𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟐
C
−𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟐 −𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟏
𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟐 𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟏
D
−𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟏 −𝟑𝟎𝟑𝟎
Ans: A
QUESTION (JEE Advanced 2016, Paper 2)
𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
Let 𝐏 = 𝟒 𝟏 𝟎 and I be the identity matrix of order 3. If 𝐐 = [𝐪𝐢] is a
𝟏𝟔 𝟒 𝟏
matrix such that 𝐩𝟓𝟎 − 𝐐 = 𝐈, then 𝐪𝟑𝟏+𝐪𝟑𝟐 equals
𝐪𝟐𝟏
A 52
B 103
C 201
D 205
Ans: B
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 6 April)
Let 𝐀 = 𝐚𝐢𝐣 , where 𝐚𝐢𝐣 ≠ 𝟎 for all 𝐢, 𝐣 and 𝐀𝟐 = 𝐈. Let a be the sum of all
𝟐×𝟐
diagonal elements of 𝐀 and 𝐛 = |𝐀|. Then 𝟑𝐚𝟐 + 𝟒𝐛𝟐 is equal to
A. 4
B. 3
C. 14
D. 7
Ans: A
QUESTION (IIT-JEE 2009, Paper 1)
𝟎 𝟐𝐪 𝐫
Let 𝐀 = 𝐩 𝐪 − 𝐫 . If AAT = I3 then |p| is
𝐩 −𝐪 𝐫
𝟏
A
𝟐
𝟏
B
𝟓
𝟏
C
𝟔
𝟏
D
𝟑
Ans: A
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 13A pril)
The number of symmetric matrices of order 3, with all the entries from the
set {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} is:
A 109
B 910
C 106
D 610
Ans: C
Question
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑎 −𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑎 𝟎 −𝟏 . Then a value of 𝑎
Let 𝐀 = , (𝐚 ∈ 𝐑) such that 𝐀 =
𝟑𝟐
𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑎 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑎 𝟏 𝟎
is: [JEE Mains 2019]
A /32
B 0
C /64
D /16
Question [Ans. A]
𝟏 𝟎
If 𝐏 = 𝟏/𝟐 , then 𝐏 𝟓𝟎 is : [JEE Mains 2021 (25 July)]
𝟏
𝟏 𝟎
A
𝟐𝟓 𝟏
𝟏 𝟓𝟎
B
𝟎 𝟏
𝟏 𝟐𝟓
C
𝟎 𝟏
𝟏 𝟎
D
𝟓𝟎 𝟏
QUESTION (IIT-JEE 2009, Paper 1)
Let A be the set of all 3 × 3 symmetric matrices all of whose entries are either
0 or 1. Five of these entries are 1 and four of them are 0. The number of
matrices in A is
A. 12
B. 6
C. 9
D. 3
Ans: A
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023)
𝟐 𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
Let 𝐀 be a symmetric matrix such that |𝐀| = 𝟐 and 𝟑 𝟑 𝐀 = 𝑎 𝛽 . If the sum
𝟐
𝛽𝐬
of the diagonal elements of 𝐀 is 𝐬, then is equal to
𝑎𝟐
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 8 April )
𝟑 𝟏
𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟏 and 𝐐 = 𝐏𝐀𝐏𝐓. If 𝐏𝐓𝐐𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕𝐏 = 𝐚 𝐛,
Let 𝐏 = ,𝐀 =
− 𝟏 𝟑 𝟎 𝟏 𝐜 𝐝
𝟐 𝟐
then 𝟐𝐚 + 𝐛 − 𝟑𝐜 − 𝟒𝐝 equal to
A 2004
B 2006
C 2007
D 2005
Ans: D
QUESTION (JEE Main 2023, 25 Jan)
Let A, B, C be 3 × 3 matrices such that A is symmetric and B and C are skew-
symmetric. Consider the statements
(S1): A13 B26 – B26 A13 is symmetric
(S2): A26 C13 – C13 A26 is symmetric
Then,
A. Only S2 is true
B. Only S1 is true
[Link] S1 and S2 are false D
Both S1 and S2 are true
Ans: A
QUESTION (JEE Advanced 2017)
How many 3 × 3 matrices M with entries from {0, 1, 2} are there, for which the
sum of the diagonal entries of MT M is 5?
A 126
B 198
C 162
D 135
Ans:B
QUESTION (JEE 2004)
If 𝐌 is a 𝟑 × 𝟑 matrix, where 𝐌𝐓𝐌 = 𝐈 and 𝐝𝐞𝐭(𝐌) = 𝟏, then prove that
𝐝𝐞𝐭(𝐌 − 𝐈) = 𝟎.
QUESTION (JEE Main 2022, 28 July)
Let 𝐀 and 𝐁 be any two 𝟑 × 𝟑 symmetric and skew symmetric matrices
respectively. Then which of the following is NOT true?
Practice Problem
A. 𝐀𝟒 − 𝐁𝟒 is a symmetric matrix
B. 𝐀𝐁 − 𝐁𝐀 is a symmetric matrix
C 𝐁𝟓 − 𝐀𝟓 is a skew-symmetric matrix
D 𝐀𝐁 + 𝐁𝐀 is a skew-symmetric matrix
Ans: C
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2021,16 M a rch)
The total number of 3 × 3 matrices A having entries from the set {0, 1, 2, 3}
such that the sum of all the diagonal entries of AAT is 9, is equal to
Practice Problem
Ans: 766
QUESTION (JEE Advanced 2015)
Let X and Y be two arbitrary, 3 × 3, non-zero, skew symmetric matrices and Z
be an arbitrary 3 × 3, non-zero, symmetric matrix. Then which of the
following matrices is (are) skew symmetric?
Practice Problem
A 𝐘𝟑𝐙𝟒 − 𝐙𝟒𝐘𝟑
B 𝐗𝟒𝟒 + 𝐘𝟒𝟒
C 𝐗𝟒𝐙𝟑 − 𝐙𝟑𝐗𝟒
D 𝐗𝟐𝟑 + 𝐘𝟐𝟑
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2015)
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
If 𝐀 = 𝟐 𝟏 −𝟐 is a matrix satisfying the equation 𝐀𝐀𝐓 = 𝟗𝐈, where 𝐈 is
𝐚 𝟐 𝐛
𝟑 × 𝟑 identity matrix, then the ordered pair (𝐚, 𝐛) is equal to :
A (2, 1)
B (–2, –1)
C (2, –1)
D (–2, 1)
Ans:B
QUESTION (JEE Main 2023, 11April)
Let 𝐀 be a 𝟐 × 𝟐 matrix with real entries such that 𝐀′ = 𝑎𝐀 + 𝐈, where
𝑎 ∈ ℝ − {−𝟏, 𝟏}. If 𝐝𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝟐 − 𝐀 = 𝟒, then the sum of all possible values of 𝑎 is
equal to
A 2
B 3/2
C 0
D 5/2
Ans:B
Ans:
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 25 Jan)
𝟏 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐱 𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐱 𝐳
Let 𝐱, 𝐲, 𝐳 > 𝟏 and 𝐀 = 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐱 𝟐 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐳 . Then 𝐚𝐝𝐣 𝐚𝐝𝐣 𝐀𝟐 is equal to
𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐳 𝐱 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐳 𝐲 𝟑
A 64
B 28
C 48
D 24
Ans: B
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 30 Jan)
If 𝐏 is a 𝟑 × 𝟑 real matrix such that 𝐏𝐓 = 𝐚𝐏 + (𝐚 − 𝟏)𝐈, where 𝐚 > 𝟏, then :
A |𝐀𝐝𝐣 𝐏| = 𝟏
B |𝐀𝐝𝐣 𝐏| > 𝟏
C |𝐀𝐝𝐣 𝐏| = 𝟏
𝟐
D 𝐏 is a singular matrix
Ans: A
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 13A pril)
𝟏 𝟑
Let 𝐁 = 𝑎 𝟑 , 𝑎 > 𝟐 be the adjoint of a matrix 𝐀 and |𝐀| = 𝟐.
𝑎
𝟏 𝑎
𝟐 𝟒
Then 𝑎 −𝟐 𝑎 𝐁 is equal to :
−𝟐𝑎
A 32
B – 16
C. 0
D. 16
Ans: B
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 15April)
Let the determinant of a square matrix A of order m be m – n, where m and n
satisfy 4m + n = 22 and 17m + 4n = 93.
If det (n adj (adj (mA))) = 3a 5b 6c then a + b + c is equal to :
A. 96
B. 84
C 109
D 101
Ans: A
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 13A pril)
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
Let for A = 𝑎 𝟑 𝟏 , |A| = 2. If |2 adj (2 adj (2A))| = 32n, then 𝟑𝐧 + 𝑎 is equal to
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
A. 11
B. 9
C. 12
D 10
Ans: A
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 10April)
If 𝐀 is a 𝟑 × 𝟑 matrix and |𝐀| = 𝟐, then 𝟑 𝐚𝐝𝐣 |𝟑𝐀|𝐀𝟐 is equal to
A 𝟑𝟏𝟐 ⋅ 𝟔𝟏𝟎
B 𝟑𝟏𝟏 ⋅ 𝟔𝟏𝟎
C 𝟑𝟏𝟐 ⋅ 𝟔𝟏𝟏
D 𝟑𝟏𝟎 ⋅ 𝟔𝟏𝟏
Ans: B
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2023, 25 Jan)
𝟏 𝟑
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎 𝟏 −𝐢 , where 𝐢 =
Let 𝐀 = −𝟑 𝟏
and 𝐁 = −𝟏. If 𝐌 = 𝐀𝐓𝐁𝐀,
𝟎 𝟏
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎
then the inverse of the matrix 𝐀𝐌𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐀𝐓 is
𝟏 −𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑𝐢
A
𝟎 𝟏
𝟏 𝟎
B
𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑𝐢 𝟏
𝟏 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑𝐢
C 𝟎 𝟏
𝟏 𝟎
D −𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑𝐢 𝟏
Ans: C
QUESTION (JEE Main 2023, 24 Jan)
Let 𝐀 be a 𝟑 × 𝟑 matrix such that |𝐚𝐝𝐣(𝐚𝐝𝐣(𝐚𝐝𝐣 𝐀))| = 𝟏𝟐𝟒. Then 𝐀−𝟏 𝐚𝐝𝐣 𝐀 is
equal to
A 12
B 𝟐 𝟑
C 1
D 𝟔
Ans: B
QUESTION (JEE Main 2023, 24 Jan)
If 𝐀 and 𝐁 are two non-zero 𝐧 × 𝐧 matrices such that 𝐀𝟐 + 𝐁 = 𝐀𝟐𝐁, then
A 𝐀𝟐𝐁 = 𝐈
B 𝐀𝟐 = 𝐈 or 𝐁 = 𝐈
C 𝐀𝟐𝐁 = 𝐁𝐀𝟐
D 𝐀𝐁 = 𝐈
Ans: C
QUESTION (JEE Advanced 2020, Paper 1)
Let M be a 3 × 3 invertible matrix with real entries and let I denote the 3 × 3
identity matrix. If M–1 = adj (adj M), then which of the following statements
is/are ALWAYS TRUE?
A. M=I
B. det M = 1
C. M2 = I
D. (adj M)2 = I
Ans: B, C, D
QUESTION (JEE A dv a n ced 2023, Paper 2)
𝐚 𝟑 𝐛
Let 𝐑 = 𝐜 𝟐 𝐝 ∶ 𝐚, 𝐛, 𝐜, 𝐝 ∈ {𝟎, 𝟑, 𝟓, 𝟕, 𝟏𝟏, 𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟕, 𝟏𝟗} .
𝟎 𝟓 𝟎
Then the number of invertible matrices in 𝐑 is :
Ans: 3780
QUESTION (IIT- JEE 2012, Paper 2)
If P is a 3 × 3 matrix such that PT = 2P + I, where PT is the transpose of P and I
𝐱 𝟎
is the 3 × 3 identity matrix, then there exists a column matrix 𝐗 = 𝐲 ≠ 𝟎
𝐳 𝟎
such that
𝟎
A PX = 𝟎
𝟎
B PX = X
C PX = 2X
D PX = – X
Ans: D
QUESTION (JEE A dv a n ced 2023, Paper 2)
Let 𝐌 = 𝐚𝐢𝐣 , 𝐢, 𝐣 ∈ {𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑}, be the 𝟑 × 𝟑 matrix such that 𝐚𝐢𝐣 = 𝟏 if 𝐣 + 𝟏 is
divisible by 𝐢, otherwise 𝐚𝐢𝐣 = 𝟎. Then which of the following statements
is(are) true?
A M is invertible
𝐚𝟏 𝐚𝟏 −𝐚𝟏
B There exists a nonzero column matrix 𝐚𝟐 such that 𝐌 𝐚𝟐 = −𝐚𝟐
𝐚𝟑 𝐚𝟑 −𝐚𝟑
𝟎
C The set 𝐗 ∈ ℝ𝟑: 𝐌𝐗 = 𝟎 ≠ {𝟎}, where 𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟎
D The matrix (𝐌 − 𝟐𝐈) is invertible, where 𝐈 is the 𝟑 × 𝟑 identity matrix
Ans: B, C
QUESTION (JEE Main 2022, 29 July)
Let A and B be two 3 × 3 non-zero real matrices such that AB is a zero matrix.
Then
A. the system of linear equations AX = 0 has a unique solution
[Link] system of linear equations AX = 0 has infinitely many solutions C
B is an invertible matrix
D adj (A) is an invertible matrix
Ans: B
QUESTION (JEE Advanced 2014, Paper 1)
Let 𝐌 and 𝐍 be two 𝟑 × 𝟑 matrices such that 𝐌𝐍 = 𝐍𝐌.
Further, if 𝐌 ≠ 𝐍𝟐 and 𝐌𝟐 = 𝐍𝟒, then
A determinant of 𝐌𝟐 + 𝐌𝐍𝟐 is 0
B there is a 𝟑 × 𝟑 non-zero matrix 𝐔 such that 𝐌𝟐++M𝐌N𝟐 𝐔 is zero matrix
C determinant of 𝐌𝟐 + 𝐌𝐍𝟐 ≥ 𝟏
D for a 𝟑 × 𝟑 matrix 𝐔, if 𝐌𝟐 + 𝐌𝐍𝟐 𝖴 equals the zero matrix, then 𝐔 is the
zero matrix
Ans: A, B
QUESTION (JEE 2005)
𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
𝟏
𝐀= 𝟎 𝟏 𝟏 ,𝐈 = 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 and 𝐀 = 𝐀𝟐 + 𝐂𝐀 + 𝐝𝐈 , then the value of
−𝟏
𝟔
𝟎 −𝟐 𝟒 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏
c and d are
A –6, –11
B 6, 11
C –6, 11
D 16, –11
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2016, 10April)
−𝟒 −𝟏
If 𝐀 = , then the determinant of the matrix 𝐀𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔 − 𝟐𝐀𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓 − 𝐀𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒
𝟑 𝟏
is :
A 2014
B – 175
C 2016
D – 25
Ans: D
QUESTION (JEE Main 2023, 8 April)
𝟏 𝟓
If 𝐀 = , 𝐀−𝟏 = 𝑎𝐀 + 𝛽𝐈 and 𝑎 + 𝛽 = −𝟐, then 𝟒𝑎𝟐 + 𝛽𝟐 + 𝜆𝟐 is equal to:
𝜆
𝟏
A. 12
B. 10
C. 19
D 14
Ans: D
QUESTION (JEE Main 2022, 27 July)
𝟒 −𝟐
Let 𝐀 = 𝑎 . If 𝐀𝟐 + 𝗒𝐀 + 𝟏𝟖𝐈 = 𝐎, then 𝐝𝐞𝐭(𝐀) is equal to
𝛽
A – 18
B 18
C – 50
D 50
Ans: B
QUESTION (JEE Main 2022, 26 June)
Let A be a 3 × 3 invertible matrix. If |adj (24A)| = |adj (3 adj (2A))|, then |A|2 is
equal to
66
Practice Problem
A
B 212
C 26
D 1
Ans: C
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2020, 8 Jan)
The total number of all 3 × 3 matrices A, with entries from the set {–1, 0, 1}
such that the sum of all the diagonal elements of AAT is 3, is
Practice Problem
Ans: 672
QUESTION (JEE Main 2022, 27 June)
𝟏
Let A and B be two 3 × 3 matrices such that AB = I and |A| = .
𝟖
Then |adj (B adj (2A))| is equal to
A. 16
B. 32
C. 64
D 128
Ans: C
QUESTION (JEE Main 2023, 8 April)
𝟐 𝟏 𝟎
Let 𝐀 = 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏 . If |𝐚𝐝𝐣(𝐚𝐝𝐣(𝐚𝐝𝐣 𝟐𝐀))| = (𝟏𝟔)𝐧, then 𝐧 is equal to
𝟎 −𝟏 𝟐
Practice Problem
A. 9
B. 8
C 10
D 12
Ans: C
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2019)
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟑 ..... 𝟏 𝐧 − 𝟏 = 𝟏 𝟕𝟖 then the inverse of 𝟏 𝐧 is
If 𝟏
𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟎 𝟏
𝟏 𝟎
A
𝟏𝟑 𝟏 Practice Problem
𝟏 −𝟏𝟑
B
𝟎 𝟏
𝟏 𝟎
C
𝟏𝟐 𝟏
𝟏 −𝟏𝟐
D
𝟎 𝟏
QUESTION (JEE M ain 2020)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟎
If 𝐀 = and 𝐈 = then 𝟏𝟎 𝐀−𝟏 is equal to
𝟗 𝟒 𝟎 𝟏
A. A – 6I Practice Problem
B. 4I – A
C. A – 4I
D. 6I – A
QUESTION (JEE Main 2022, 29 June)
𝟐 −𝟏
Let 𝐀 = . If 𝐁 = 𝐈 − 𝟓 𝐂𝟏 (𝐚𝐝𝐣 𝐀) + 𝟓 𝐂𝟐 (𝐚𝐝𝐣 𝐀)𝟐 − ⋯ − 𝟓 𝐂𝟓 (𝐚𝐝𝐣 𝐀)𝟓 , then
𝟎 𝟐
the sum of all elements of the matrix 𝐁 is
Practice Problem
A. –5
B. –6
C. –7
D. –8
Ans: C
QUESTION (JEE Main 2022, 28 July)
𝟎 𝟏 𝟎
Let the matrix 𝐀 = 𝟎 𝟎 𝟏 and the matrix 𝐁𝟎 = 𝐀𝟒𝟗 + 𝟐𝐀𝟗𝟖.
𝟏 𝟎 𝟎
If 𝐁𝐧 = 𝐀𝐝𝐣 𝐁𝐧−𝟏 for all 𝐧 ≥ 𝟏, then 𝐝𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝟒 is equal to :
A 328
B 330
C 332
D 336
Ans: C
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