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If A= beginpmatrixα-1 0 0 endpmatrix, B= beginpmatrixα+1 0 0 endpmatrix be two matrices, then ABT is a non-zero matrix for |α| not equal to
Q. If
A
=
⎝
⎛
α
−
1
0
0
⎠
⎞
,
B
=
⎝
⎛
α
+
1
0
0
⎠
⎞
be two matrices, then
A
B
T
is a non-zero matrix for
∣
α
∣
not equal to
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A
2
10%
B
0
43%
C
1
41%
D
3
6%
Solution:
Let
A
=
⎝
⎛
α
−
1
0
0
⎠
⎞
,
B
=
⎝
⎛
α
+
1
0
0
⎠
⎞
be two matrices.
A
B
T
=
⎝
⎛
α
−
1
0
0
⎠
⎞
(
α
+
1
0
0
)
=
⎝
⎛
α
2
−
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
⎠
⎞
Thus,
A
B
T
is non-zero matrix for
∣
α
∣
=
1