JEE Advance - Mathematics (2009 - Paper 1 Offline - No. 18)

Let A be the set of all 3 $$\times$$ 3 symmetric matrices all of whose entries are either 0 or 1. Five of these entries are 1 and four of them are 0.
Let A be the set of all 3 $$\times$$ 3 symmetric matrices all of whose entries are either 0 or 1. Five of these entries are 1 and four of them are 0.
Let A be the set of all 3 $$\times$$ 3 symmetric matrices all of whose entries are either 0 or 1. Five of these entries are 1 and four of them are 0.
The number of matrices in A is
12
6
9
3

Explanation

Here,

Matrix [A]3 × 3 is symmetric

Here, 5 be the number of 1’s and 4 be the 0’s entry in matrix A

Let x be the number of 1’s on main diagonal.

Since A is symmetric so, y be the number of 1’s below the main diagonal

So , x + 2y = 5

x = 1 and y = 2

or x = 3 and y = 1

Case I : x = 1 and y = 2

Here, Main diagonal entries in 0, 0 and 1. Hence, we can choose main diagonal in 3 ways, and element above the diagonal is 1, 1, 0 . Hence, we can choose it element above the main diagonal in 3 ways , element of below diagonal depends on above the main diagonal.

Hence, total way = 3 × 3 = 9

Case II : x = 3 and y = 1

Here, Main diagonal entries in 1, 1 and 1.
Hence, we can choose main diagonal 1 ways and element above the diagonal is 1, 0, 0. Hence, we can choose it element above the main diagonal in 3 ways, element of below diagonal depends on above the main diagonal.

Hence, total ways = 3 × 4 = 12

So, Total matrices = 9 + 3 = 12

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