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Let A=[ … ] and B=[ … ] be two 2× 1matrices with real entries such that A=XB, where X= 1 √3[ … ], and k∈ R. If a_1^2+a_2^2= 2 3(b_1^2+b_2^2) and…

JEE Main 2021 — Mathematics Algebra

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Let A=[a1a2]A=[\begin{matrix}{a}_{1} \\ {a}_{2}\end{matrix}]A=[a1​a2​​] and B=[b1b2]B=[\begin{matrix}{b}_{1} \\ {b}_{2}\end{matrix}]B=[b1​b2​​] be two 2×12\times 12×1matrices with real entries such that A=XB,A=XB,A=XB, where X=13[1−11k],X=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}[\begin{matrix}1 & -1 \\ 1 & k\end{matrix}],X=3​1​[11​−1k​], and k∈R.k\in R.k∈R. If a12+a22=23(b12+b22){a}_{1}^{2}+{a}_{2}^{2}=\frac{2}{3}({b}_{1}^{2}+{b}_{2}^{2})a12​+a22​=32​(b12​+b22​) and (k2+1)b22≠−2b1b2({k}^{2}+1){b}_{2}^{2}\neq -2{b}_{1}{b}_{2}(k2+1)b22​=−2b1​b2​, then the value of kkk is __________.

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