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If A=[100010xy−1]A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ x & y & -1 \end{bmatrix}, then A2A^2 is

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

In A2=A⋅AA^2=A \cdot A, the first two rows of A act as selectors, so they reproduce [1,0,0][1,0,0] and [0,1,0][0,1,0]. The third row gives xR1+yR2−R3=[x,0,0]+[0,y,0]+[−x,−y,1]=[0,0,1]x R_1+y R_2-R_3=[x,0,0]+[0,y,0]+[-x,-y,1]=[0,0,1]. Hence A2=IA^2=I, the unit matrix.

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