The number of distinct real roots of $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{\sin x}&{\cos x}&{\cos x}\\{\cos x}&{\sin x}&{\cos x}\\{\cos x}&{\cos x}&{\sin x}\end{array}\,} \right| = 0$ in the interval $ – \frac{\pi }{4} \le x \le \frac{\pi }{4}$ is

If $\omega $ is cube root of unity, then root of the equation $\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  {x + 2}&\omega &{{\omega ^2}} \\ 
  \omega &{x + 1 + {\omega ^2}}&1 \\ 
  {{\omega ^2}}&1&{x + 1 + \omega } 
\end{array}} \right| = 0$ is 

$\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}1&1&1\\1&{{\omega ^2}}&\omega \\1&\omega &{{\omega ^2}}\end{array}\,} \right| = $

If ${a_1},{a_2},{a_3}…..{a_n}….$ are in $G.P.$ then the value of the determinant $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{\log {a_n}}&{\log {a_{n + 1}}}&{\log {a_{n + 2}}}\\{\log {a_{n + 3}}}&{\log {a_{n + 4}}}&{\log {a_{n + 5}}}\\{\log {a_{n + 6}}}&{\log {a_{n + 7}}}&{\log {a_{n + 8}}}\end{array}\,} \right|$ is

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 $\left( {0\,,\,\frac{\pi }{2}} \right)$