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QJEEM24Ma7096: JEE Main 2024 Mathematics - Class 12 JEEM24Ma7096 Solution: Let be a real matrix and be the identity matrix of order 2. If…

Let AA be a 2×22 \times 2 real matrix and II be the identity matrix of order 2. If the roots of the equation ∣A−xI∣=0|\mathrm{A}-x \mathrm{I}|=0 be −1-1 and 3, then the sum of the diagonal elements of the matrix A2\mathrm{A}^2 is

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∣A−xI∣=0|A-x I|=0

Roots are −- 1 and 3

Sum of roots =tr⁡(A)=2=\operatorname{tr}(A)=2

Product of roots =∣A∣=−3=|\mathrm{A}|=-3

Let A=[aamp;bcamp;d]A=\left[\begin{array}{ll}a & b \\ c & d\end{array}\right]

We have a+d=2\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{d}=2

ad−bc=−3\mathrm{ad}-\mathrm{bc}=-3

A2=[aamp;bcamp;d]×[aamp;bcamp;d]=[a2+bcamp;ab+bdac+cdamp;bc+d2]A^2=\left[\begin{array}{ll}a & b \\c & d\end{array}\right] \times\left[\begin{array}{ll}a & b \\c & d\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{ll}a^2+b c & a b+b d \\a c+c d & b c+d^2\end{array}\right]

We need a2+bc+bc+d2a^2+b c+b c+d^2

amp;=a2+2bc+d2amp;=(a+d)2−2ad+2bcamp;=4−2(ad−bc)amp;=4−2(−3)amp;=4+6amp;=10\begin{aligned}& =a^2+2 b c+d^2 \\& =(a+d)^2-2 a d+2 b c \\& =4-2(a d-b c) \\& =4-2(-3) \\& =4+6 \\& =10\end{aligned}

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