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Let `omega!=1`be cube root of unity and `S`be the set of all non-singular matrices of the form `[1a bomega1comega^2theta1],w h e r e`each of `a ,b ,a n dc`is either `omegaoromega^2dot`Then the number of distinct matrices in the set `S`isa. 2 b. `6`c. `4`d. `8`A. 2B. 6C. 4D. 8

Answer» Correct Answer - A
For being nonsingular,
`|(1,a,b),(omega,1,c),(omega^(2),omega,1)| ne 0`
or `ac omega^(2)-(a+c) omega+1 ne 0`
Hence, number of possible triplets of (a, b, c) is 2.
i.e., `(omega, omega^(2), omega)` and `(omega, omega, omega)`.


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