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Let for i=1,2,3, _ i( x) be a polynomial of degree 2 in x, p^prime _i(x) and p^prime prime _i(x) be the first and second order derivatives of p_i(x)…

JEE Main 2014 — Mathematics Algebra

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Let for i=1,2,3,pi(x)\mathrm{i}=1,2,3, \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{i}}(\mathrm{x})i=1,2,3,pi​(x) be a polynomial of degree 2 in x,p′i(x)x, p^{\prime}{ }_i(x)x,p′i​(x) and p′′i(x)p^{\prime \prime}{ }_i(x)p′′i​(x) be the first and second order derivatives of pi(x)p_i(x)pi​(x) respectively. Let, A(x)=[p1(x)p1′(x)p1′′x(p2(x)p2′(x)p2′′(p3(x)p3′(x)p3′′(x])\left.\mathrm{A}(\mathrm{x})=\left[\begin{array}{lll} \mathrm{p}_1(\mathrm{x}) & \mathrm{p}_1^{\prime}(\mathrm{x}) & \mathrm{p}_1^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{x}( \\ \mathrm{p}_2(\mathrm{x}) & \mathrm{p}_2^{\prime}(\mathrm{x}) & \mathrm{p}_2^{\prime \prime}( \\ \mathrm{p}_3(\mathrm{x}) & \mathrm{p}_3^{\prime}(\mathrm{x}) & \mathrm{p}_3^{\prime \prime}(\mathrm{x} \end{array}\right]\right)A(x)=​p1​(x)p2​(x)p3​(x)​p1′​(x)p2′​(x)p3′​(x)​p1′′​x(p2′′​(p3′′​(x​​​ and B(x)=[A(x)]TA(x)\mathrm{B}(\mathrm{x})=[\mathrm{A}(\mathrm{x})]^{\mathrm{T}} \mathrm{A}(\mathrm{x})B(x)=[A(x)]TA(x). Then determinant of B(x)\mathrm{B}(\mathrm{x})B(x) :

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  1. A

    is a polynomial of degree 6 in x\mathrm{x}x.

  2. B

    is a polynomial of degree 3 in x\mathrm{x}x.

  3. C

    is a polynomial of degree 2 in x\mathrm{x}x.

  4. D

    does not depend on x\mathrm{x}x.

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