CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2008

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    If\[\alpha \]is a cube root of unity, then the value of \[\left| \begin{matrix}    \alpha  & {{\alpha }^{3}} & {{\alpha }^{5}}  \\    {{\alpha }^{3}} & {{\alpha }^{5}} & \alpha   \\    {{\alpha }^{5}} & \alpha  & {{\alpha }^{3}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\]is equal to

    A)  \[3{{\alpha }^{3}}\]

    B)  \[3({{\alpha }^{3}}+{{\alpha }^{6}}+{{\alpha }^{9}})\]

    C)  \[3(\alpha +{{\alpha }^{2}}+{{\alpha }^{3}})\]

    D)  \[3{{\alpha }^{4}}\]

    E)  \[0\]

    Correct Answer: E

    Solution :

    Let \[\Delta =\left| \begin{matrix}    \alpha  & {{\alpha }^{3}} & {{\alpha }^{5}}  \\    {{\alpha }^{3}} & {{\alpha }^{5}} & \alpha   \\    {{\alpha }^{5}} & \alpha  & {{\alpha }^{3}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\] Let\[\alpha =\omega \]\[\therefore \]\[\Delta =\left| \begin{matrix}    \omega  & {{\omega }^{3}} & {{\omega }^{5}}  \\    {{\omega }^{3}} & {{\omega }^{5}} & \omega   \\    {{\omega }^{5}} & \omega  & {{\omega }^{3}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|=\left| \begin{matrix}    \omega  & 1 & {{\omega }^{2}}  \\    1 & {{\omega }^{2}} & \omega   \\    {{\omega }^{2}} & \omega  & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\] \[=\omega ({{\omega }^{2}}-{{\omega }^{2}})-1(1-{{\omega }^{3}})+{{\omega }^{2}}(\omega -{{\omega }^{4}})\] \[=\omega (0)-1+{{\omega }^{3}}+{{\omega }^{3}}-{{\omega }^{6}}=-1+2(1)-1\] \[=-2+2=0\]


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