JEE Main · 2023 · 24 Jan 2023 · Shift 1 · Permutations and Combinations

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The number of square matrices of order 5 with entries from the set , such that the sum of all the elements in each row is 1 and the sum of all the elements in each column is also 1, is
  1. (A)225
  2. (B)120✓ Correct
  3. (C)150
  4. (D)125

Answer: (B)

Solution

Each row holds exactly one , and so does each column, so the positions of the 's set up a one-to-one matching of rows to columns. Such matrices are precisely the permutation matrices of order . The in the first row can occupy any of columns, the next row any of the remaining , then , , . The number of such matrices is .

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