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JEE Main2026Apr 2, Shift 1Mathematics
Q.

Let and . If and , then among the two statements :

: and

: ,

  1. A

    only is correct

  2. B

    only is correct

  3. C

    both and are correct

  4. D

    both and are wrong

Solution

By the Cayley-Hamilton theorem, satisfies . Comparing with gives , hence .

Similarly matched with gives , so .

Therefore , , and

The transpose is , which is not the matrix in . So is false.

For : , . For a matrix, , so . is correct.

Hence only holds.

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