CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2005

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    If\[{{A}_{i}}\left[ \begin{matrix}    {{a}^{i}} & {{b}^{i}}  \\    {{b}^{i}} & {{a}^{i}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]and, if\[|a|<1,|b|<1,\]then \[\sum\limits_{i=1}^{\infty }{det({{A}_{i}})}\] is equal to:

    A)  \[\frac{{{a}^{2}}}{{{(1-a)}^{2}}}-\frac{{{b}^{2}}}{{{(1-b)}^{2}}}\]

    B)  \[\frac{{{a}^{2}}-{{b}^{2}}}{(1-{{a}^{2}})(1-{{b}^{2}})}\]

    C)  \[\frac{{{a}^{2}}}{{{(1-a)}^{2}}}+\frac{{{b}^{2}}}{{{(1-b)}^{2}}}\]

    D)  \[\frac{{{a}^{2}}}{{{(1+a)}^{2}}}-\frac{{{b}^{2}}}{{{(1+b)}^{2}}}\]

    E)  \[\frac{a}{1+a}-\frac{b}{1+b}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    \[\because \]\[\det \,({{A}_{1}})=\left| \begin{matrix}    a & b  \\    b & a  \\ \end{matrix} \right|={{a}^{2}}-{{b}^{2}}\] \[\det \,({{A}_{2}})=\left| \begin{matrix}    {{a}^{2}} & {{b}^{2}}  \\    {{b}^{2}} & {{a}^{2}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|={{a}^{4}}-{{b}^{4}}\] \[\therefore \]\[\sum\limits_{i=1}^{\infty }{\det }({{A}_{i}})=\det ({{A}_{1}})+\det ({{A}_{2}})+....\]                                 \[={{a}^{2}}-{{b}^{2}}+{{a}^{4}}-{{b}^{4}}+.....\] \[=\frac{{{a}^{2}}}{1-{{a}^{2}}}-\frac{{{b}^{2}}}{1-{{b}^{2}}}\]                 \[=\frac{{{a}^{2}}-{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}-{{b}^{2}}+{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{(1-{{a}^{2}})(1-{{b}^{2}})}\]    


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