The number of distinct real roots of $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{\sin x}&{\cos x}&{\cos x}\\{\cos x}&{\sin x}&{\cos x}\\{\cos x}&{\cos x}&{\sin x}\end{array}\,} \right| = 0$ in the interval $ - \frac{\pi }{4} \le x \le \frac{\pi }{4}$ is

  • [IIT 2001]
  • A

    $0$

  • B

    $2$

  • C

    $1$

  • D

    $3$

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$\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}a&b&c\\b&c&a\\c&a&b\end{array}\,} \right| = $

If $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{x - 1}&3&0\\2&{x - 3}&4\\3&5&6\end{array}\,} \right| = 0$, then $x =$

Statement $-1$ : The system of linear equations

$x + \left( {\sin \,\alpha } \right)y + \left( {\cos \,\alpha } \right)z = 0$

$x + \left( {\cos \,\alpha } \right)y + \left( {\sin \alpha } \right)z = 0$

$x - \left( {\sin \,\alpha } \right)y - \left( {\cos \alpha } \right)z = 0$

has a non-trivial solution for only one value of $\alpha $ lying in the interval $\left( {0\,,\,\frac{\pi }{2}} \right)$ 

Statement $-2$ : The equation in $\alpha $

$\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  {\cos {\mkern 1mu} \alpha }&{\sin {\mkern 1mu} \alpha }&{\cos {\mkern 1mu} \alpha } \\ 
  {\sin {\mkern 1mu} \alpha }&{\cos {\mkern 1mu} \alpha }&{\sin {\mkern 1mu} \alpha } \\ 
  {\cos {\mkern 1mu} \alpha }&{ - \sin {\mkern 1mu} \alpha }&{ - \cos {\mkern 1mu} \alpha } 
\end{array}} \right| = 0$

has only one solution lying in the interval $\left( {0\,,\,\frac{\pi }{2}} \right)$

  • [JEE MAIN 2013]

Let $\omega = - \frac{1}{2} + i\frac{{\sqrt 3 }}{2}$. Then the value of the determinant $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}1&1&1\\1&{ - 1 - {\omega ^2}}&{{\omega ^2}}\\1&{{\omega ^2}}&{{\omega ^4}}\end{array}\,} \right|$ is

  • [IIT 2002]

If $A=\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 2 \\ 4 & 2\end{array}\right],$ then show that $|2 A|=4|A|$.