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QJEEM24Mac841: JEE Main 2024 Mathematics - Class 12 JEEM24Mac841 Solution: Let be a non-zero matrix, where . For a square matrix , let…

Let R=(xamp;0amp;00amp;yamp;00amp;0amp;z)R=\left(\begin{array}{ccc}x & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & y & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & z\end{array}\right) be a non-zero 3×33 \times 3 matrix, where xsin⁡θ=ysin⁡(θ+2π3)=zsin⁡(θ+4π3)≠0,θ∈(0,2π)x \sin \theta=y \sin \left(\theta+\frac{2 \pi}{3}\right)=z \sin \left(\theta+\frac{4 \pi}{3}\right) \neq 0, \theta \in(0,2 \pi) . For a square matrix MM , let trace (M)(M) denote the sum of all the diagonal entries of MM . Then, among the statements:

(I) Trace (R)=0(R)=0

(II) If trace (adj⁡(adj⁡(R))=0(\operatorname{adj}(\operatorname{adj}(R))=0 , then RR has exactly one non-zero entry.

Multiple Choice Options

  • A Only (I) is true
  • B Only (II) is true
  • C Both (I) and (II) are true
  • D Neither (I) nor (II) is true

Step-by-Step Verified Solution

amp;xsin⁡θ=ysin⁡(θ+2π3)=zsin⁡(θ+4π3)≠0amp;⇒x,y,z≠0\begin{aligned}& x \sin \theta=y \sin \left(\theta+\frac{2 \pi}{3}\right)=z \sin \left(\theta+\frac{4 \pi}{3}\right) \neq 0 \\& \Rightarrow x, y, z \neq 0\end{aligned}

Also,

amp;sin⁡θ+sin⁡(θ+2π3)+sin⁡(θ+4π3)=0∀θ∈Ramp;⇒1x+1y+1z=0amp;⇒xy+yz+zx=0\begin{aligned}& \sin \theta+\sin \left(\theta+\frac{2 \pi}{3}\right)+\sin \left(\theta+\frac{4 \pi}{3}\right)=0 \forall \theta \in \mathrm{R} \\& \Rightarrow \frac{1}{\mathrm{x}}+\frac{1}{\mathrm{y}}+\frac{1}{\mathrm{z}}=0 \\& \Rightarrow \mathrm{xy}+\mathrm{yz}+\mathrm{zx}=0\end{aligned}

(i) Trace⁡(R)=x+y+z\quad \operatorname{Trace}(\mathrm{R})=\mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y}+\mathrm{z}

If x+y+z=0x+y+z=0 and xy+yz+zx=0x y+y z+z x=0

⇒x=y=z=0\Rightarrow \mathrm{x}=\mathrm{y}=\mathrm{z}=0

Statement (i) is False

(ii) Adj⁡(Adj⁡(R))=∣R∣R\quad \operatorname{Adj}(\operatorname{Adj}(\mathrm{R}))=|\mathrm{R}| \mathrm{R}

Trace (Adj⁡(Adj⁡(R)))(\operatorname{Adj}(\operatorname{Adj}(\mathrm{R})))

=xyz(x+y+z)≠0=x y z(x+y+z) \neq 0

Statement (ii) is also False

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