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The two vectors [1 1 1] and [1, a, a2], where   , are

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Multiplication of matrices E and F is G. Matrices E and G are {\text{E}} \equiv \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\cos \theta }&{ - \sin \theta }&0 \\ {\sin \theta }&{\cos \theta }&0 \\ 0&0&1 \end{array}} \right]{\text{and G}} \equiv \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 1&0&0 \\ 0&1&0 \\ 0&0&1 \end{array}} \right].
What is the matrix F?

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If a matrix {\text{A}} = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 2&4 \\ 1&3 \end{array}} \right]  and matrix {\text{B}} = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 4&6 \\ 5&9 \end{array}} \right]  the transpose of product of these two matrices i.e., (AB)T is

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Consider the following 2 × 2 matrix A where two elements are unknown and are marked by a and b. The eigen values of this matrix are -1 and 7. What are the values of a and b?
{\text{A}} = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 1&4 \\ {\text{b}}&{\text{a}} \end{array}} \right)

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Consider the following system of equations in three real variables x1, x2 and x3
2x1 - x2 + 3x3 = 1
3x1 - 2x2 + 5x3 = 2
-x1 - 4x2 + x3 = 3
This system of equations has

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Consider the matrix
{\text{P}} = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 1&1&0 \\ 0&1&1 \\ 0&0&1 \end{array}} \right]
The number of distinct eigen values of P is

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The system of linear equations
4x + 2y = 7
2x + y = 6
has

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For what value of a, if any, will the following system of equations in x, y and z have a solution?
2x + 3y = 4; x + y + z = 4; x + 2y - z = a

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The eigen value of the following matrix \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {10}&{ - 4} \\ {18}&{ - 12} \end{array}} \right]

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Given an orthogonal matrix {\text{A}} = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 1&1&1&1 \\ 1&1&{ - 1}&{ - 1} \\ 1&{ - 1}&0&0 \\ 0&0&1&{ - 1} \end{array}} \right],\,{\left[ {{\text{A}}{{\text{A}}^{\text{T}}}} \right]^{ - 1}}\,{\text{is}}

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Which one of the following statements is true for all real symmetric matrices?

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x + 2y + z = 4
2x + y + 2z = 5
x - y + z = 1
The system of algebraic given below has

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Let P ≠ 0 be a 3 × 3 real matrix. There exist linearly independent vectors x and y such that PX = 0 and PY = 0. The dimension to the range space of P is

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Consider the systems, each consisting of m linear equations in n variables.
I. If m < n, then all such systems have a solution.
II. If m > n, then none of these systems has a solution.
III. If m = n, then there exists a system which has a solution.
Which one of the following is CORRECT?

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Consider the following system of linear equations
\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 2&1&{ - 4} \\ 4&3&{ - 12} \\ 1&2&{ - 8} \end{array}} \right]\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\text{x}} \\ {\text{y}} \\ {\text{z}} \end{array}} \right] = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} \alpha \\ 5 \\ 7 \end{array}} \right]
Notice that the second and the third columns of the coefficient matrix are linearly dependent. For how many values of , does this system of equations have infinitely many solutions?

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M is a 2 × 2 matrix with eigen values 4 and 9. The eigen values of M2 are

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The product of matrices (PQ)-1P is

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Let A be a 4 × 3 real matrix with rank 2. Which one of the following statement is TRUE?

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The inverse of matrix \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 0&1&0 \\ 1&0&0 \\ 0&0&1 \end{array}} \right]  is

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The trace and determinant of a 2 × 2 matrix are known to be -2 and -35 respectively. It eigen values are

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