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 Let A=aij3×3 be a matrix such that AAT=4I and aij+2cij=0, where cij is the  cofactor of aij and I is the unit matrix of order 3 a11+4a12a13a21a22+4a23a31a32a33+4+5λa11+1a12a13a21a22+1a23a31a32a33+1=0 then the value of 10λ is ______.

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answer is 4.

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Given that AAT=4I
|A|2=4|A|=±2AT=4A1=4 adj A|A|a11a21a31a12a22a32a13a23a33=4|A|c11c21c31c12c22c32c13c23c33
 Now aij=4|A|cij
2cij=4|A|cijasaij+2cij=0|A|=2
Now |A+4I|=A+AAT
=|A|I+AT=2I+AT=2|I+A|
|A+4I|+2|A+I|=0
So on comparing, we get 5λ=2λ=25
 Hence, 10λ=4

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