The number of distinct real roots of $\left|\begin{array}{lll}\sin x & \cos x & \cos x \\ \cos x & \sin x & \cos x \\ \cos x & \cos x & \sin x\end{array}\right|=0$ in the interval $-\frac{\pi}{4} \leq x \leq \frac{\pi}{4}$ is

The rank of the matrix $A=\begin{bmatrix} 1 & -1 & 0 & -2 \\ -4 & 4 & 0 & 8 \\ -2 & 1 & 2 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$ is

Let $A=\begin{bmatrix} -1 & -2 & -3 \\ 3 & 4 & 5 \\ 4 & 5 & 6 \end{bmatrix}$,$B=\begin{bmatrix} 1 & -2 \\ -1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$ and $C=\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$. If $a, b$ and $c$ respectively denote the ranks of $A, B$ and $C$,then the correct order of these numbers is:

If $f(x) = \begin{vmatrix} x & x^2 & x^3 \\ 1 & 2x & 3x^2 \\ 0 & 2 & 6x \end{vmatrix}$,then the ratio $f^{\prime \prime}(x) : f^{\prime}(x) =$

Let $A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & -2 & -4 \\ -1 & 3 & 4 \\ 1 & -2 & x \end{bmatrix}$ and $A^2 = A$. If $r$ is the rank of $A$,then $r + x =$

The determinant $\left| \begin{array}{ccc} \cos(\theta + \phi) & -\sin(\theta + \phi) & \cos 2\phi \\ \sin \theta & \cos \theta & \sin \phi \\ -\cos \theta & \sin \theta & \cos \phi \end{array} \right|$ is :