Which of the following is true about matrix Scalar multiplication kA. Where, A is a matrix & k is a scalar.

Both A and B

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None of these

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k should be a matrix

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k should be nonzero

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Solution

The correct option is D
k should be nonzero

When zero is multiplied as scalar the resultant matrix will be Null Matrix.
So, the scalar value should be non zero

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