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JEE Main 20202 SeptemberEvening Shift
Exam
JEE Main
Year
2020
Date
2 September
Shift
Evening Shift
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Matrices

JEE Main 2020 · 2 September · Evening Shift · Mathematics · Matrices

Let A = \ X = (x, y, z) ^ T : PX = 0and x ^ 2 + y ^ 2 + z ^ 2 = 1\...

Let A=A =\left\{X = {\left(x, y, z\right)}^{T}: PX = 0and{x}^{2} + {y}^{2} + {z}^{2} = 1\right\}wherewhereP = \left[{121−23−419−1\begin{cases}1 & 2 & 1 \\ - 2 & 3 & - 4 \\ 1 & 9 & - 1\end{cases}\right]thenthesetthen the setA

Options

  1. AIs a singleton.
  2. BIs an empty set.
  3. CContains more than two elements
  4. DContains exactly two elements

Correct answer

D. Contains exactly two elements

Step-by-step solution

∵∣P∣=0∵ \left|P\right| = 0

∴∴ System of equations

x+2y+z=0x + 2y + z = 0

2x−3y+4z=02x - 3y + 4z = 0

x+9y−z=0x + 9y - z = 0 has infinitely many solutions.

Let z=k∈Rz = k \in R then x=−11k7,y=2k7,z=kx = - \dfrac{11k}{7}, y = \dfrac{2k}{7}, z = k

Also x2+y2+z2=1{x}^{2} + {y}^{2} + {z}^{2} = 1

∴k=±7174∴ k = \pm \dfrac{7}{\sqrt{174}}

∴∴ Two solutions are only possible.

Hence, set AA contains exactly two elements.

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