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Which of the following matrices are diagonal matrices?

A. [100020003]\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 3 \end{bmatrix}

B. [120020003]\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 & 0 \\ 0 & 2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 3 \end{bmatrix}

C. [100000001]\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}

D. [200020002]\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 2 \end{bmatrix}

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

A diagonal matrix requires every off-diagonal entry to be zero, while diagonal entries may be zero or equal. Matrices A, C and D satisfy this, but B has a non-zero entry in the first row, second column.

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