BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2010

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    The determinant \[\left| \begin{matrix}    \cos (\alpha +\beta ) & -\sin (\alpha +\beta ) & \cos 2\beta   \\    \sin \alpha  & \cos \alpha  & \sin \beta   \\    -\cos \alpha  & \sin \alpha  & \cos \beta   \\ \end{matrix} \right|\] is independent of

    A) \[\alpha \]                          

    B)         \[\beta \]                          

    C)  \[\alpha \]and\[\beta \]       

    D)  Neither \[\alpha \]nor \[\beta \]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    We have the determinant \[\left| \begin{matrix}    \cos (\alpha +\beta ) & -\sin (\alpha +\beta ) & \cos 2\beta   \\    \sin \alpha  & \cos \alpha  & \sin \beta   \\    -\cos \alpha  & \sin \alpha  & \cos \beta   \\ \end{matrix} \right|\]                 \[{{R}_{1}}\to {{R}_{1}}+(sin\beta ){{R}_{2}}+(cos\beta ){{R}_{3}},\] \[\left| \begin{matrix}    0 & 0 & 1+\cos 2\beta   \\    \sin \alpha  & \cos \alpha  & \sin \beta   \\    -\cos \alpha  & \sin \alpha  & \cos \beta   \\ \end{matrix} \right|\] \[=(1+\cos 2\beta )\,({{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha )\] \[=1+\cos 2\beta \] which is independent of \[\alpha \].


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