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CUET · MATHS · PYQ PAPER 2025

If A and B are skew-symmetric matrices, then which of the following is not true?

  1. A \(A^5+B^7\) is skew-symmetric
  2. B \(A^{21}\) is skew-symmetric
  3. C \(B^{18}\) is symmetric
  4. D \(A^6+B^7\) is symmetric
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(D) \(A^6+B^7\) is symmetric

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\((A^6)^T = (A^T)^6 = (-A)^6 = A^6\) \((B^7)^T = (B^T)^7 = (-B)^7 = -B^7\) \((A^6+B^7)^T = (A^6)^T + (B^7)^T = A^6 - B^7\) Since \(A^6 - B^7 \ne A^6 + B^7\) (unless \(B^7 = 0\)), \(A^6+B^7\) is not symmetric.
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