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Without expanding evaluate the following determinants : |276538755986| - Mathematics and Statistics

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Question

Without expanding evaluate the following determinant:

`|(2, 7, 65),(3, 8, 75),(5, 9, 86)|`

Sum

Solution

Let D = `|(2, 7, 65),(3, 8, 75),(5, 9, 86)|`

Applying C3 → C3 – 9C2, we get

D = `|(2, 7, 2),(3, 8, 3),(5, 9, 5)|`

= 0      ...[∵ C1 and C3 are identical]

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