What is the rank of ?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: A.

  1. Step 1: Check whether the determinant is zero: . Step 2. The rows are proportional, so the rank is 1. **Answer: . Why not the others:** Size alone does not give the rank, and only the zero matrix has rank 0.

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