Let $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ -2 & -5 \end{bmatrix}$. Let $\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R}$ be such that $\alpha A^{2} + \beta A = 2I$. Then $\alpha + \beta$ is equal to -

If $a, b, c, d, e, f$ are in $G.P.$,then the value of $\left| \begin{array}{ccc} a^2 & d^2 & x \\ b^2 & e^2 & y \\ c^2 & f^2 & z \end{array} \right|$ depends on

Let $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & -1 \\ 2 & \alpha \end{bmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{bmatrix} \beta & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$,where $\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R}$. Let $\alpha_{1}$ be the value of $\alpha$ which satisfies $(A + B)^{2} = A^{2} + \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 2 \\ 2 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$ and $\alpha_{2}$ be the value of $\alpha$ which satisfies $(A + B)^{2} = B^{2}$. Then $|\alpha_{1} - \alpha_{2}|$ is equal to:

Let $A$ and $B$ be $3 \times 3$ real matrices such that $A$ is a symmetric matrix and $B$ is a skew-symmetric matrix. Then the system of linear equations $(A^{2}B^{2} - B^{2}A^{2})X = O$,where $X$ is a $3 \times 1$ column matrix of unknown variables and $O$ is a $3 \times 1$ null matrix,has ....... .

Let $A$ and $B$ be two $3 \times 3$ non-singular matrices such that $\operatorname{det}(A^T B A) = 27$ and $\operatorname{det}(A B^{-1}) = 8$. Then $\operatorname{det}(B^T A^{-1} B) = $

Let $X = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & -1 \\ 1 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$. Let $Y$ be a $2 \times 2$ real matrix satisfying the condition $XY = YX$. Then the smallest possible value of $\det(Y)$ is