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QJEEM25Mafe4d: JEE Main 2025 Mathematics - Class 12 JEEM25Mafe4d Solution: Let M denote the set of all real matrices of order and let .…

Let M denote the set of all real matrices of order 3×33 \times 3 and let S={−3,−2,−1,1,2}\mathrm{S}=\{-3,-2,-1,1,2\} . Let

amp;S1={A=[aij]∈M:A=AT and aij∈ S,∀i,j},amp;S2={A=[aij]∈M:A=−AT and aij∈ S,∀i,j},amp;S3={A=[aij]∈M:a11+a22+a33=0 and aij∈ S,∀i,j}.\begin{aligned}& \mathrm{S}_1=\left\{\mathrm{A}=\left[a_{\mathrm{ij}}\right] \in \mathrm{M}: \mathrm{A}=\mathrm{A}^{\mathrm{T}} \text { and } a_{\mathrm{ij}} \in \mathrm{~S}, \forall \mathrm{i}, \mathrm{j}\right\}, \\& \mathrm{S}_2=\left\{\mathrm{A}=\left[a_{\mathrm{ij}}\right] \in \mathrm{M}: \mathrm{A}=-\mathrm{A}^{\mathrm{T}} \text { and } a_{\mathrm{ij}} \in \mathrm{~S}, \forall \mathrm{i}, \mathrm{j}\right\}, \\& \mathrm{S}_3=\left\{\mathrm{A}=\left[a_{\mathrm{ij}}\right] \in \mathrm{M}: a_{11}+a_{22}+a_{33}=0 \text { and } a_{\mathrm{ij}} \in \mathrm{~S}, \forall \mathrm{i}, \mathrm{j}\right\} .\end{aligned}

If n(S1∪S2∪S3)=125αn\left(S_1 \cup S_2 \cup S_3\right)=125 \alpha , then α\alpha equls __________.

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[a11amp;a12amp;a13a21amp;a22amp;a23a31amp;a32amp;a33]\left[\begin{array}{lll}a_{11} & a_{12} & a_{13} \\a_{21} & a_{22} & a_{23} \\a_{31} & a_{32} & a_{33}\end{array}\right]

No. of elements in S1:A=AT⇒53×53\mathrm{S}_1: \mathrm{A}=\mathrm{A}^{\mathrm{T}} \Rightarrow 5^3 \times 5^3

No. of elements in S2:A=−AT⇒0S_2: A=-A^T \Rightarrow 0

since no zero in S2\mathrm{S}_2

No. of elements in S3⇒\mathrm{S}_3 \Rightarrow

a11+a22+a33=0⇒(1,2,−3)⇒31 or (1,1,−2)⇒3 or (−1,−1,2)⇒3}⇒12×56\left.\begin{array}{c}a_{11}+a_{22}+a_{33}=0 \Rightarrow(1,2,-3) \Rightarrow 31 \\ \text { or } \\ (1,1,-2) \Rightarrow 3 \\ \text { or } \\ (-1,-1,2) \Rightarrow 3\end{array}\right\} \Rightarrow 12 \times 5^6

amp;n( S1∩ S3)=12×53amp;n( S1∪ S2∪ S3)=56(1+12)−12×53amp;⇒53×[13×53−12]=125αamp;α=1613\begin{aligned}& \mathrm{n}\left(\mathrm{~S}_1 \cap \mathrm{~S}_3\right)=12 \times 5^3 \\& \mathrm{n}\left(\mathrm{~S}_1 \cup \mathrm{~S}_2 \cup \mathrm{~S}_3\right)=5^6(1+12)-12 \times 5^3 \\& \quad \Rightarrow 5^3 \times\left[13 \times 5^3-12\right]=125 \alpha \\& \quad \alpha=1613\end{aligned}

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