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Let the matrix $A=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & 0\end{array}\right]$ satisfy…
Let the matrix $A=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & 0\end{array}\right]$ satisfy $A^n=A^{n-2}+A^2-I$ for $\mathrm{n} \geq 3$. Then the sum of all the elements of $\mathrm{A}^{50}$ is :-
$53$ $52$ $39$ $44$
Solution
$\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{A}^{50}=\mathrm{A}^{48}+\mathrm{A}^2-\mathrm{I} \\ & =\mathrm{A}^{46}+2\left(\mathrm{~A}^2-\mathrm{I}\right) \\ & =\mathrm{A}^{44}+3\left(\mathrm{~A}^2-\mathrm{I}\right) \\ & =\mathrm{A}^2+24\left(\mathrm{~A}^2-\mathrm{I}\right) \\ & =25 \mathrm{~A}^2-24 \mathrm{I}\end{aligned}$ $\begin{aligned} & =25\left[\begin{array}{lll} 1 & 0 & 0 \\
1 & 1 & 0 \\
1 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right]-24\left[\begin{array}{lll} 1 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 1 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right] \\
& =\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0 \\
25 & 1 & 0 \\
25 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right] \end{aligned}$ Sum $=53$ option (1)
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Asked in: JEE Main 2025 (04 Apr Shift 2)
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