KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-14

  • question_answer
    If \[\alpha ,\beta \ne 0,\] and \[f(n){{\alpha }^{n}}+{{\beta }_{n}}\] and \[\left| \begin{matrix}    3 & 1+f(1) & 1+f(2)  \\    1+f(1) & 1+f(2) & 1+f(3)  \\    1+f(2) & 1+f(3) & 1+f(4)  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\] \[=K\,{{(1-\alpha )}^{2}}\,{{(1-\beta )}^{2}}\,{{(\alpha -\beta )}^{2}},\]

    A) \[a\beta \]

    B) \[\frac{1}{a\beta }\]

    C) 1

    D) \[-\,1\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    \[\left| \begin{matrix}    3 & 1+\alpha +\beta  & 1+{{\alpha }^{2}}+{{\beta }^{2}}  \\    1+\alpha +\beta  & 1+{{\alpha }^{2}}+{{\beta }^{2}} & 1+{{\alpha }^{3}}+{{\beta }^{3}}  \\    1+{{\alpha }^{2}}+{{\beta }^{2}} & 1+{{\alpha }^{3}}+{{\beta }^{3}} & 1+{{\alpha }^{4}}+{{\beta }^{4}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\]
    \[=\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & 1 & 1  \\    1 & \alpha  & \beta   \\    1 & {{\alpha }^{2}} & {{\beta }^{2}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & 1 & 1  \\    1 & \alpha  & {{a}^{2}}  \\    1 & \beta  & {{\beta }^{2}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|={{\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & 0 & 0  \\    1 & \alpha -1 & \beta -1  \\    1 & {{\alpha }^{2}}-1 & {{\beta }^{2}}-1  \\ \end{matrix} \right|}^{2}}\]
    \[=(\alpha -1)({{\beta }^{2}}-1)-(\beta -1){{({{\alpha }^{2}}-1)}^{2}}\]
    \[={{(\alpha -1)}^{2}}{{(\beta -1)}^{2}}{{(\alpha -\beta )}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[k=1.\]


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