KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-20

  • question_answer
    If \[A=\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & \sin \theta  & 1  \\ -\sin \theta  & 1 & \sin \theta   \\ -1 & -\sin \theta  & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\] ;then for all \[\theta \in \left( \frac{3\pi }{4},\frac{5\pi }{4} \right),\] det [A] lies in the interval :

    A) \[\left( 1,\frac{5}{2} \right]\]

    B) \[\left[ \frac{5}{2},4 \right)\]

    C) \[\left( 0,\frac{3}{2} \right]\]

    D) \[\left[ 2,3 \right)\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[\left| A \right|=\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & \sin \theta  & 1  \\    -\sin \theta  & 1 & \sin \theta   \\    -1 & -\sin \theta  & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\]
    \[=2(1+si{{n}^{2}}\theta )\]
    \[\theta \in \left( \frac{3\pi }{4},\frac{5\pi }{4} \right)\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}<\sin \theta <\frac{1}{2}\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[0\le {{\sin }^{2}}\theta <\frac{1}{2}\]
    \[1+0\le 1+{{\sin }^{2}}\theta <\frac{1}{2}+1\]
    \[1\le {{\sin }^{2}}\theta <\frac{3}{2}\]
    \[2\le 2(1+si{{n}^{2}}\theta )<3.\]
    \[\therefore \]      \[\left| A \right|\in [2,3).\]


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