Let $a$ and $b$ be non-zero real numbers such that $ab = 5/2$. Given $A = \begin{bmatrix} a & -b \\ b & a \end{bmatrix}$ and $AA^T = 20I$ (where $I$ is the identity matrix),the quadratic equation whose roots are $a$ and $b$ is:

If $B$ is a $3 \times 3$ matrix such that $B^2 = 0$,then $\det[(I + B)^{50} - 50B]$ is equal to

Let $A$ be a $3 \times 3$ matrix such that $A \begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 0 \\ 1 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 5 \\ 2 \\ 2 \end{bmatrix}$ and $A \begin{bmatrix} 0 \\ 0 \\ 1 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 3 \\ 1 \\ 1 \end{bmatrix}$. If $\det(A) = 1$ and the matrix $A$ satisfies $A \begin{bmatrix} 0 \\ 1 \\ 0 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 2 \\ 1 \end{bmatrix}$, then $\det(\text{adj}(A^2 + A))$ is equal to:

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

Let $M=\begin{bmatrix} \sin^4 \theta & -1-\sin^2 \theta \\ 1+\cos^2 \theta & \cos^4 \theta \end{bmatrix} = \alpha I + \beta M^{-1}$,where $\alpha = \alpha(\theta)$ and $\beta = \beta(\theta)$ are real numbers,and $I$ is the $2 \times 2$ identity matrix. If $\alpha^*$ is the minimum of the set $\{\alpha(\theta) : \theta \in [0, 2\pi)\}$ and $\beta^*$ is the minimum of the set $\{\beta(\theta) : \theta \in [0, 2\pi)\}$,then the value of $\alpha^* + \beta^*$ is

Let $A$ be the set of all $3 \times 3$ determinants with entries $0$ or $1$ only and $B$ be the subset of $A$ consisting of all determinants with value $1$. If $C$ is the subset of $A$ consisting of all determinants with value $-1$, then: