NTA Abhyas JEE Main2020MathematicsMatricesPractice
The number of all possible symmetric matrices of order 3 × 3 with each entry 1 or 2 and whose sum of diagonal elements is equal to 5 , is
Correct answer
24
Step-by-step solution
Since, trace is equal to 5 ⇒ diagonal elements are 1,2 , 2 ∵ Matrix is also symmetric Therefore, possible number of such matrices = 3 ! 2 ! × 2 3 = 3 × 8 = 24