- A${a^2} + {b^2} + {c^2} - 3abc$
- B
- C$3a + 5b$
- ✓$0$
$\left\{ {{\rm{by }}\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{R_2} \to {R_2} - {R_1}}\\{{R_3} \to {R_3} - {R_2}}\end{array}} \right\}$
Trick: Putting $a = 1 = b$. The determinant will be $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}2&3&4\\3&4&5\\5&6&7\end{array}\,} \right| = 0$. Obviously answer is $ (d)$
Note : Students remember while taking the values of $a,\,b,\,\,c,.......$ that for there values, the options $(a), (b), (c) $ and $(d) $ should not be identical.
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$f_n(x)=\sum_{j=1}^n \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{1+(x+j)(x+j-1)}\right) \text { for all } x \in(0, \infty)$
(Here, the inverse trigonometric function $\tan ^{-1} x$ assumes values in $\left(-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)$ )
Then, which of the following statement(s) is (are) TRUE?
$(A)$ $\sum_{ j =1}^5 \tan ^2\left( f _{ j }(0)\right)=55$
$(B)$ $\sum_{ j =1}^{10}\left(1+ f _{ j }^{\prime}(0)\right) \sec ^2\left( f _{ j }(0)\right)=10$
$(C)$ For any fixed positive integer $n$, $\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \tan \left(f_n(x)\right)=\frac{1}{n}$
$(D)$ For any fixed positive integer $n, \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \sec ^2\left(f_n(x)\right)=1$