JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Determinants & Matrices Question Bank Mock Test - Determinants

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    If \[{{l}^{2}}_{1}+{{m}_{1}}^{2}+{{n}_{1}}^{2}=1\], etc. and \[{{l}_{1}}{{l}_{2}}+{{m}_{1}}{{m}_{2}}+{{n}_{1}}{{n}_{2}}=0\], etc. and \[\Delta =\left| \begin{matrix}    {{l}_{1}} & {{m}_{1}} & {{n}_{1}}  \\    {{l}_{2}} & {{m}_{2}} & {{n}_{2}}  \\    {{l}_{3}} & {{m}_{3}} & {{n}_{3}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\], then

    A)  \[\left| \Delta  \right|\]=3           

    B)  \[\left| \Delta  \right|\]=2

    C)  \[\left| \Delta  \right|\]=1           

    D)  \[\Delta \]=0

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [c] we have \[{{\Delta }^{2}}=\Delta \Delta =\left| \begin{matrix}    {{l}_{1}} & {{m}_{1}} & {{n}_{1}}  \\    {{l}_{2}} & {{m}_{2}} & {{n}_{2}}  \\    {{l}_{3}} & {{m}_{3}} & {{n}_{3}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\]\[\left| \begin{matrix}    {{l}_{1}} & {{m}_{1}} & {{n}_{1}}  \\    {{l}_{2}} & {{m}_{2}} & {{n}_{2}}  \\    {{l}_{3}} & {{m}_{3}} & {{n}_{3}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\] \[=\left| \begin{matrix}    {{l}_{1}}^{2}+m_{1}^{2}+n_{1}^{2} & {{l}_{1}}{{l}_{2}}+{{m}_{1}}{{m}_{2}}+{{n}_{1}}{{n}_{2}} & {{l}_{1}}{{l}_{3}}+{{m}_{1}}{{m}_{3}}+{{n}_{1}}{{n}_{3}}  \\    {{l}_{1}}{{l}_{2}}+{{m}_{1}}{{m}_{2}}+{{n}_{1}}{{n}_{2}} & l_{2}^{2}+m_{2}^{2}+n_{2}^{2} & {{l}_{2}}{{l}_{3}}+{{m}_{2}}{{m}_{3}}+{{n}_{2}}{{n}_{3}}  \\    {{l}_{1}}{{l}_{3}}+{{m}_{1}}{{m}_{3}}+{{n}_{1}}{{n}_{3}} & {{l}_{2}}{{l}_{3}}+{{m}_{2}}{{m}_{3}}+{{n}_{2}}{{n}_{3}} & l_{3}^{2}+m_{3}^{2}+n_{3}^{2}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\]\[=\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & 0 & 0  \\    0 & 1 & 0  \\    0 & 0 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right|1\] \[\Rightarrow \Delta =\pm 1\Rightarrow \left| \Delta  \right|=1\]


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