If \(A=\left[\begin{array}{cc}a+i b & c+i d \\ -c+i d & a-i b\end{array}\right]\) and…

If \(A=\left[\begin{array}{cc}a+i b & c+i d \\ -c+i d & a-i b\end{array}\right]\) and \(A^{-1}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}a+i b & -c-i d \\ -c+i d & a-i b\end{array}\right]\). Find \(\left(a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2\right)\).
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Solution

Given matrix \(A=\left[\begin{array}{cc} a+i b & c+i d \\ -c+i d & a-i b \end{array}\right]\) So, \(\quad A^{-1}=\frac{1}{|A|}\left[\begin{array}{cc}a-i b & -c-i d \\ c-i d & a+i b\end{array}\right]\) \(\begin{aligned} & =\frac{1}{a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2}\left[\begin{array}{cc} a-i b & -c-i d \\ c-i d & a+i b \end{array}\right] \\ & =\left[\begin{array}{cc} a+i b & -c-i d \\ -c+i d & a-i b \end{array}\right] \quad \text{(given)} \end{aligned}\) \(\therefore \quad b=0\) and \(c=d=0\) and \(a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2=1\)

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2020 (18 Sep Shift 1)

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