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If $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$, then the determinant of $A + A^2 + A^3 + \cdots + A^{13}$ is

Let $M = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 \\ a & b & c \\ a^2 & b^2 & c^2 \end{bmatrix}$ where $a, b$ and $c$ are real numbers such that $a + b + c = 0$ and $abc \neq 0$. If $\det M = 0$, then the maximum possible value of $\frac{a^2+b^2}{c^2}$ is ___

If $A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & n \\ 4 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$ such that $A^3 = 27 \begin{bmatrix} 4 & q \\ p & r \end{bmatrix}$, then $p + q + r$ equals _________

If $A = \begin{bmatrix} x_1 & x_2 & 7 \\ y_1 & y_2 & y_3 \\ z_1 & 8 & 3 \end{bmatrix}$ is a matrix such that the sum of all three elements along any row, column or diagonal are equal to each other, then the value of determinant of A is:

If $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \newline 3 & a \end{bmatrix}$ where $a$ is a real number and det $(A ^ 3 - 3A ^ 2 - 5A) = 0$ then one of the values of $a$ can be

If $A=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & 0\end{array}\right]$, then the absolute value of the determinant of $\left(A^{9}+A^{6}+A^{3}+A\right)$ is __________.

Suppose $a, b$ and $c$ are integers such that $a>b>c>0$, and $A=\left[\begin{array}{lll}a & b & c \\ b & c & a \\ c & a & b\end{array}\right]$. Then the value of the determinant of $A$ is

If $A=\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 0 \\ \frac{1}{2} & 0\end{array}\right]$ then $A^{2022}$ is

If $A, B$ and $A + B$ are non singular matrices and $AB = BA$ then $2A - B - A(A + B)^{-1}A + B(A + B)^{-1} B$ equals

Suppose $\left|\begin{array}{lll}a & a^{2} & a^{3}-1 \\ b & b^{2} & b^{3}-1 \\ c & c^{2} & c^{3}-1\end{array}\right|=0$, where $\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}$ and $\mathrm{c}$ are distinct real numbers. If ${a}=3$, then the value of $abc$ is:

A $2 \times 2$ matrix is filled with four distinct integers randomly chosen from the set $\{1,2,3,4,5,6\}$. Then the probability that the matrix generated in such a way is singular is

Let $A, B, C$ be three $4 \times 4$ matrices such that $det \ A = 5, det \ B = -3$, and $det \ C = \frac{1}{2}$. Then the $det$ $2AB^{-1}C^3B^T$ is

If $A$ is a $3 \times 3$ non-zero matrix such that $A^2 = 0$ then the determinant of $(I + A)^{50} - 50A$ is equal to

If a $3 \times 3$ matrix is filled with +1's and -1's such that the sum of each row and column of the matrix is 1, then the absolute value of its determinant is

If inverse of the matrix $\left[\begin{array}{cc}2 & -0.5 \\ -1 & x\end{array}\right]$ is $\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 1 \\ 2 & 4 \end{array}\right]$, then the value of $x$ is