JEE Advanced 2026 Mathematics question
Which one of the following matrices can be obtained by performing elementary row transformations on the 3 × 3 identity matrix ?
Answer: (B)
Solution
Elementary row operations preserve invertibility, so the matrices obtainable from I are exactly the invertible ones. (A) has equal rows: det = 0. (B) det = 1(3
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