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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 12 - 3 and 4 . metrices and determinant

Let \(A\) and \(B\) be any two \(3\times3\) matrices. If \(A\) is symmetric and \(B\) is skewsymmetric, then the matrix \(AB - BA\) is

  1. A skewsymmetric
  2. B symmetric
  3. C neither symmetric nor skewsymmetric
  4. D \(I\) or \(-I\), where \(I\) is an identity matrix
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(B) symmetric

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Let \(A\) be symmetric matrix and \(B\) be skew symmetric matrix. \(\therefore {A^T} = A\) and \({B^T} = - B\) Consider \({\left( {AB - BA} \right)^T} = \left( {A{B^T}} \right) - {\left( {BA} \right)^T}\) \( = {B^T}{A^T} - {A^T}{B^T}\)…
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