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-- Mathematics - Section B1
Matrices
If, for a 3 × 3 matrix A, AAT = I and |A| = 1, then |A - I| is equal to
1
-1
0
None of these
We know that
|A - I| = |A - AAT|
= |A(I - AT)|
= |A| |(I - A)T|
= |I - A| = - |A - I|
⇒ |A - I| = 0.