Medium MCQ +4 / -1 PYQ · JEE Mains 2025

If $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}, \operatorname{and}\left(\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{A}^{-1}\right)+\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{B}^{-1}\right)\right)$ are non-singular matrices of same order, then the inverse of $A\left(\operatorname{adj}\left(A^{-1}\right)+\operatorname{adj}\left(B^{-1}\right)\right)^{-1} B$, is equal to

  1. A $\frac{A B^{-1}}{|A|}+\frac{B A^{-1}}{|B|}$
  2. B $\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{B}^{-1}\right)+\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{A}^{-1}\right)$
  3. C $\mathrm{AB}^{-1}+\mathrm{A}^{-1} \mathrm{~B}$
  4. D $\frac{1}{|A B|}(\operatorname{adj}(B)+\operatorname{adj}(A))$ Correct answer

Solution

<p>$$\begin{aligned} & {\left[\mathrm{A}\left(\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{~A}^{-1}\right)+\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{B}^{-1}\right)\right)^{-1} \cdot \mathrm{~B}\right]^{-1}} \\ & \mathrm{~B}^{-1} \cdot\left(\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{~A}^{-1}\right)+\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{B}^{-1}\right)\right) \cdot \mathrm{A}^{-1} \\ & \mathrm{~B}^{-1} \operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{~A}^{-1}\right) \mathrm{A}^{-1}+\mathrm{B}^{-1}\left(\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{~B}^{-1}\right)\right) \cdot \mathrm{A}^{-1} \\ & \mathrm{~B}^{-1}\left|\mathrm{~A}^{-1}\right| \mathrm{I}+\left|\mathrm{B}^{-1}\right| \mathrm{IA}^{-1} \\ & \frac{\mathrm{~B}^{-1}}{|\mathrm{~A}|}+\frac{\mathrm{A}^{-1}}{|\mathrm{~B}|} \\ & \Rightarrow \frac{\operatorname{adjB}}{|\mathrm{B}||\mathrm{A}|}+\frac{\operatorname{adj}}{|\mathrm{A}||\mathrm{B}|} \\ & =\frac{1}{|\mathrm{~A}||\mathrm{B}|}(\operatorname{adjB}+\operatorname{adjA}) \end{aligned}$$</p>

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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Matrices and Determinants · Topic: Types of Matrices and Operations

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