If $\begin{bmatrix} x & 4 & -1 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 1 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 2 \\ 0 & 2 & 4 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} x \\ 4 \\ -1 \end{bmatrix} = 0$,then $x=$

Let $a = \min \{x^2 + 2x + 3, x \in R\}$ and $b = \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sin x \cos x}{e^x - e^{-x}}$. Then the value of $\sum_{r=0}^n a^r b^{n-r}$ is

If $A = \begin{bmatrix} 3 & -2 \\ 4 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$,then $A^2 - 5A + 14I = 0$. Which of the following is equivalent to $A^2$?

Let $A = \begin{bmatrix} p & 13 \\ -13 & p \end{bmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{bmatrix} 4q & 85 \\ -2 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$ where $p, q \in N$. It is given that $|A| = |B|$ and $p, q \in [1, 1000]$. Then the total number of ordered pairs $(p, q)$ is:

If $P = \begin{bmatrix} \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} & \frac{1}{2} \\ -\frac{1}{2} & \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \end{bmatrix}$,$A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$ and $Q = PAP^T$,then $P^T(Q^{2005})P$ is equal to

Let $p$ be an odd prime number and $T_{p}$ be the set of $2 \times 2$ matrices defined as:
$T_p = \left\{ A = \begin{bmatrix} a & b \\ c & a \end{bmatrix} : a, b, c \in \{0, 1, \ldots, p-1\} \right\}$
$1.$ The number of matrices $A \in T_p$ such that $A$ is either symmetric or skew-symmetric or both,and $\det(A)$ is divisible by $p$ is:
$(A) (p-1)^2$ $(B) 2(p-1)$ $(C) (p-1)^2+1$ $(D) 2p-1$
$2.$ The number of matrices $A \in T_p$ such that the trace of $A$ is not divisible by $p$ but $\det(A)$ is divisible by $p$ is:
$(A) (p-1)(p^2-p+1)$ $(B) p^3-(p-1)^2$ $(C) (p-1)^2$ $(D) (p-1)(p^2-2)$
$3.$ The number of matrices $A \in T_p$ such that $\det(A)$ is not divisible by $p$ is:
$(A) 2p^2$ $(B) p^3-5p$ $(C) p^3-3p$ $(D) p^3-p^2$