Mark the correct alternative in the following:

Which of the following is not correct?


We are given that,


A = [aij]3×3


That is, order of matrix A = 3


Example:


Let,



Take determinant of A.


Determinant of 3 × 3 matrices is found as,




So,








|A| = -11


The transpose of a matrix is a new matrix whose rows are the columns of the original.


So,



Determinant of AT:








So, we can conclude that,


|A| = |AT|, where A = [aij]3×3.


Option (B) is correct.


|kA| = k3|A|, where A = [aij]3×3


Example:


Let k = 2.


And,



Take Left Hand Side of the equation:


LHS = |kA|



Multiply 2 by each term of the matrix.





LHS = 4(4 × 2 – 6 × 4) – 6(2 × 2 – 6 × 6) + 8(2 × 4 – 4 × 6)


LHS = 4(8 – 24) – 6(4 – 36) + 8(8 – 24)


LHS = 4(-16) – 6(-32) + 8(-16)


LHS = -64 + 192 – 128


LHS = 0


Take Right Hand Side of the equation:


RHS = k3|A|





RHS = 8 [2(2 × 1 – 3 × 2) – 3(1 × 1 – 3 × 3) + 4(1 × 2 – 2 × 3)]


RHS = 8 [2(2 – 6) – 3(1 – 9) + 4(2 – 6)]


RHS = 8 [2(-4) – 3(-8) + 4(-4)]


RHS = 8 [-8 + 24 – 16]


RHS = 8 × 0


RHS = 0


Since, LHS = RHS.


We can conclude that,


|kA| = k3|A|, where A = [aij]3×3


Option (C) is also correct.


If A is a skew-symmetric matrix of odd order, then |A| = 0.


If the transpose of a matrix is equal to the negative of itself, the matrix is said to be skew symmetric. In other words, AT = -A.


Example,


Let a matrix of odd order 3 × 3 be,



Take determinant of A.








Thus, we can conclude that


If A is a skew-symmetric matrix of odd order, then |A| = 0.


Option (D) is incorrect.


Let a = 1, b = 3, c = 3, d = -4, e = -2, f = 5, g = 0 and h = 2.


Take Left Hand Side,





LHS = 4 × 2 – (-1) × 3


LHS = 8 + 3


LHS = 11


Take Right Hand Side,




RHS = (1 × 0 – 3 × (-2)) + (3 × 2 – (-4) × 5)


RHS = (0 + 6) + (6 + 20)


RHS = 6 + 26


RHS = 32


Since, LHS ≠ RHS. Then, we can conclude that,


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