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QJEEM22Ma2762: JEE Main 2022 Mathematics - Class 11 JEEM22Ma2762 Solution: Let A be a matrix of order 2 2, whose entries are from the set…

Let A be a matrix of order 2 ×\times 2, whose entries are from the set {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. If the sum of all the entries of A is a prime number p, 2 < p < 8, then the number of such matrices A is ___________.

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∵\because Sum of all entries of matrix A must be prime p such that 2 < p < 8 then sum of entries may be 3, 5 or 7.

If sum is 3 then possible entries are (0, 0, 0, 3), (0, 0, 1, 2) or (0, 1, 1, 1).

∴\therefore Total number of matrices = 4 + 4 + 12 = 20

If sum of 5 then possible entries are

(0, 0, 0, 5), (0, 0, 1, 4), (0, 0, 2, 3), (0, 1, 1, 3), (0, 1, 2, 2) and (1, 1, 1, 2).

∴\therefore Total number of matrices = 4 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 4 = 56

If sum is 7 then possible entries are

(0, 0, 2, 5), (0, 0, 3, 4), (0, 1, 1, 5), (0, 3, 3, 1), (0, 2, 2, 3), (1, 1, 1, 4), (1, 2, 2, 2), (1, 1, 2, 3) and (0, 1, 2, 4).

Total number of matrices with sum 7 = 104

∴\therefore Total number of required matrices

= 20 + 56 + 104

= 180

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