JEE Main & Advanced Sample Paper JEE Main Sample Paper-29

  • question_answer
    Let \[\omega =\frac{-1}{2}+i\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\]. Then the value of the determinant\[\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & 1 & 1  \\    1 & -1-{{\omega }^{2}} & {{\omega }^{2}}  \\    1 & {{\omega }^{2}} & {{\omega }^{4}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\] is

    A) \[3\omega \]                                    

    B) \[3\omega (\omega -1)\]

    C) \[3{{\omega }^{2}}\]                                     

    D) \[3\omega (1-\omega )\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    \[D=\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & 1 & 1  \\    1 & -1-{{\omega }^{2}} & {{\omega }^{2}}  \\    1 & {{\omega }^{3}} & {{\omega }^{4}}  \\ \end{matrix} \right|=\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & 1 & 1  \\    1 & +\omega  & {{\omega }^{2}}  \\    1 & {{\omega }^{2}} & \omega   \\ \end{matrix} \right|\] \[=\left| \begin{matrix}    3 & 0 & 0  \\    1 & \omega  & {{\omega }^{3}}  \\    1 & {{\omega }^{2}} & \omega   \\ \end{matrix} \right|\] \[=3[{{\omega }^{2}}-{{\omega }^{4}}]=3({{\omega }^{2}}-\omega )=3\omega (\omega -1)\]


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