JEE Main 2020 Mathematics question

MathematicsDeterminantsJEE Main 2020

Let A be a 2 × 2 real matrix with entries from {0, 1} and |A| ≠ 0. Consider the following two statements : (P) If A ≠ , then |A| = –1 (Q) If |A| = 1, then tr(A) = 2, where denotes 2 × 2 identity matrix and tr(A) denotes the sum of the diagonal entries of A. Then:

Answer: (D)

Solution

Question ID VK-012204