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IIT-JEE 2012 · Paper 2, Mathematics question 44

If PP is a 3×33\times3 matrix such that PT=2P+IP^T=2P+I, where PTP^T is the transpose of PP and II is the 3×33\times3 identity matrix, then there exists a column matrix X=[xyz]≠[000]X=\begin{bmatrix}x\\y\\z\end{bmatrix}\ne\begin{bmatrix}0\\0\\0\end{bmatrix} such that

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Official answer: D

Transpose the relation. P=(PT)T=2PT+I=2(2P+I)+I=4P+3IP=(P^T)^T=2P^T+I=2(2P+I)+I=4P+3I, so 3P=−3I3P=-3I and P=−IP=-I.

Then PX=−XPX=-X for every column XX, in particular for any non-zero one.

(D)