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Engineering Maths · Q47

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Engineering and GATE · Engineering Maths · question 47

Q47

Consider a 3 × 3 real symmetric matrix S such that two of its eigen values are a ≠ 0, b ≠ 0 with respective eigen vectors \[ [ array*20c x_1 \\ x_2 \\ x_3 array ], [ array*20c y_1 \\ y_2 \\ y_3 array ].\] If a ≠ b then x1y1 + x2y2 + x3y3 equals

Consider a 3 × 3 real symmetric matrix S such that two of its eigen values are a ≠ 0, b ≠ 0 with respective eigen vectors \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {{{\text{x}}_1}} \\ {{{\text{x}}_2}} \\ {{{\text{x}}_3}} \end{array}} \right],\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {{{\text{y}}_1}} \\ {{{\text{y}}_2}} \\ {{{\text{y}}_3}} \end{array}} \right].   If a ≠ b then x1y1 + x2y2 + x3y3 equals
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a
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b
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ab
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0
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
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