Let p be an odd prime number and $\mathrm{T}_{\mathrm{p}}$ be the following set of $2 \times 2$ matrices :
$$
\mathrm{T}_{\mathrm{p}}=\left\{\mathrm{A}=\left[\begin{array}{ll}
\mathrm{a} & \mathrm{~b} \\
\mathrm{c} & \mathrm{a}
\end{array}\right]: \mathrm{a}, \mathrm{~b}, \mathrm{c} \in\{0,1, \ldots ., \mathrm{p}-1\}\right\}
$$ The number of $A$ in $T_p$ such that the trace of $A$ is not divisible by $p$ but $\operatorname{det}(A)$ is divisible by $p$ is [Note: The trace of a matrix is the sum of its diagonal entries.]
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