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« on: Jul 14th, 2018, 1:08pm »
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On behalf of navdeep1771 I'm posting the follow problems from the 2010 Joint Entrance Exam
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Re: 3 JEE matrix problems  
« Reply #1 on: Jul 15th, 2018, 4:08am »
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I was unable to post this image file. As it requires some minimum number of posts.
So towr posted this from my side.  
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Well these 3 problems are new to everyone (including towr).
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Re: 3 JEE matrix problems  
« Reply #2 on: Jul 15th, 2018, 7:18am »
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I hadn't heard of skew-symmetric matrices before. But from the definition I'd say it's either a red herring or we're missing a statement that we're operating modulo p.
On the other hand, it doesn't really matter. For odd p, a has to be 0 in a skew-symmetric matrix, because only then a=-a, and b = -c, so det(Tp)=b^2, which isn't divisible by p.
Now if we try p=5, the only answer that fits turns out to be D: 2p-1

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Re: 3 JEE matrix problems  
« Reply #3 on: Jul 18th, 2018, 12:30am »
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That's Correct.  
Well mathematical proof goes like this:-  
We must have a^2 − b^2 = kp
⇒ (a + b) (a − b) = kp
⇒ either a − b = 0 or a + b is a multiple of p
when a = b; number of matrices is p
and when a + b = multiple of p ⇒ a, b has p − 1
∴ Total number of matrices = p + p − 1
= 2p − 1.

 
But what about '43' and '44'?
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Re: 3 JEE matrix problems  
« Reply #4 on: Jul 19th, 2018, 10:55pm »
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Since a < p and p is odd, then 2a is only divisible by p when a = 0
If a= 0 then det (A) is a multiple p only if b=0 or c=0, which are 2p - 1 cases
 
This seems irrelevant, because it's exactly what's not asked in either question 43 or 44
 
However, together with 43 and 44 it covers all possible A,  so answer(43) + answer(44) + (2p - 1) must be p^3
Which means the answers to 43 and 44 should be C and D

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Re: 3 JEE matrix problems  
« Reply #5 on: Jul 20th, 2018, 8:15am »
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