JEE Main 2010 — Matrices Question with Solution
JEE Main 2010
Question
Let be a matrix with non-zero entries and let , where 1 is identity matrix. Define sum of diagonal elements of and determinant of matrix .
Statement-1:
Statement-2:
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Correct answer
BStatement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false
Step-by-step explanation
Let
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