For all values of $A,B,C$ and $P,Q,R$, the value of $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{\cos (A - P)}&{\cos (A - Q)}&{\cos (A - R)}\\{\cos (B - P)}&{\cos (B - Q)}&{\cos (B - R)}\\{\cos (C - P)}&{\cos (C - Q)}&{\cos (C - R)}\end{array}\,} \right|$ is

  • [IIT 1994]
  • A

    $0$

  • B

    $\cos A\cos B\cos C$

  • C

    $sin$ $A$ $sin$ $B$ $sin$ $C$

  • D

    $cos$ $P$ $cos$ $Q$ $cos$ $R$

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If $\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{x - 4}&{2x}&{2x}\\{2x}&{x - 4}&{2x}\\{2x}&{2x}&{x - 4}\end{array}} \right| = \left( {A + Bx} \right){\left( {x - A} \right)^2},$ then the ordered pair $\left( {A,B} \right) = $. . . . .

  • [JEE MAIN 2018]

$\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}x&4&{y + z}\\y&4&{z + x}\\z&4&{x + y}\end{array}\,} \right| = $

Statement $-1$ : The system of linear equations

$x + \left( {\sin \,\alpha } \right)y + \left( {\cos \,\alpha } \right)z = 0$

$x + \left( {\cos \,\alpha } \right)y + \left( {\sin \alpha } \right)z = 0$

$x - \left( {\sin \,\alpha } \right)y - \left( {\cos \alpha } \right)z = 0$

has a non-trivial solution for only one value of $\alpha $ lying in the interval $\left( {0\,,\,\frac{\pi }{2}} \right)$ 

Statement $-2$ : The equation in $\alpha $

$\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  {\cos {\mkern 1mu} \alpha }&{\sin {\mkern 1mu} \alpha }&{\cos {\mkern 1mu} \alpha } \\ 
  {\sin {\mkern 1mu} \alpha }&{\cos {\mkern 1mu} \alpha }&{\sin {\mkern 1mu} \alpha } \\ 
  {\cos {\mkern 1mu} \alpha }&{ - \sin {\mkern 1mu} \alpha }&{ - \cos {\mkern 1mu} \alpha } 
\end{array}} \right| = 0$

has only one solution lying in the interval $\left( {0\,,\,\frac{\pi }{2}} \right)$

  • [JEE MAIN 2013]

The number of real values of $\lambda $ for which the system of linear equations $2x + 4y - \lambda  z = 0$ ;$4x + \lambda y + 2z = 0$ ; $\lambda x + 2y+ 2z = 0$ has infinitely many solutions, is

  • [JEE MAIN 2017]

The roots of the equation $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{x - 1}&1&1\\1&{x - 1}&1\\1&1&{x - 1}\end{array}\,} \right| = 0$  are