JEE Main 2008 — Determinants Question with Solution
JEE Main 2008
Question
Let be any real numbers. Suppose that there are real numbers not all zero such that and . Then is equal to
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Correct answer
D1
Step-by-step explanation
The system of equations and have non-trivial solution if .
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