JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Determinants & Matrices Question Bank Special types of matrices, Transpose, Adjoint and Inverse of matrices

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    An orthogonal matrix is

    A) \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    \cos \alpha  & 2\sin \alpha   \\    -2\sin \alpha  & \cos \alpha   \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]

    B) \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    \cos \alpha  & \sin \alpha   \\    -\sin \alpha  & \cos \alpha   \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]

    C) \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    \cos \alpha  & \sin \alpha   \\    \sin \alpha  & \cos \alpha   \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]

    D) \[\left[ \begin{matrix}    1 & 1  \\    1 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    A square matrix is to be orthogonal matrix if \[{A}'A=I=A{A}'\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[A=\left[ \begin{matrix}    \cos \alpha  & \sin \alpha   \\    -\sin \alpha  & \cos \alpha   \\ \end{matrix} \right]\], \[{A}'=\left[ \begin{matrix}    \cos \alpha  & -\sin \alpha   \\    \sin \alpha  & \cos \alpha   \\ \end{matrix} \right]\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[A{A}'=\left[ \begin{matrix}    1 & 0  \\    0 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right],\,{A}'A=\left[ \begin{matrix}    1 & 0  \\    0 & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right]\] \[\therefore \] \[A{A}'={A}'A=I\].


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