Mathematics · Straight lines
JEE Advanced 2021 — Paper 1 — Question 45
Let and be real numbers such that the system of linear equation is consistent. Let represent the determinant of the matrix Let P be the plane containing all those for which the above system of linear equations is consistent, and be the square of the distance of the point from the plane .
The value of is
Answer: 1
Numerical answer — enter this value.
Step-by-step solution
\left| \begin{matrix}\alpha +\gamma -2\beta & 0 & \gamma \\\beta & 1 & 0 \\0 & 0 & 1 \\\end{matrix} \right|=\left| \begin{array}{*{35}{l}}1 & 0 & \gamma \\\beta & 1 & 0 \\0 & 0 & 1 \\\end{array} \right|=1
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- Exam
- JEE Advanced 2021
- Paper
- Paper 1
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Chapter
- Straight lines
- Topic
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