JEE Main2026Apr 2, Shift 1Mathematics
Q.
Let and . If and , then among the two statements :
: and
: ,
- A
only is correct
- B
only is correct
- C
both and are correct
- 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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