If $a,b,c$ are positive integers, then the determinant $\Delta = \left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{a^2} + x}&{ab}&{ac}\\{ab}&{{b^2} + x}&{bc}\\{ac}&{bc}&{{c^2} + x}\end{array}\,} \right|$ is divisible by

Let $M$ be a $3 \times 3$ invertible matrix with real entries and let $I$ denote the $3 \times 3$ identity matrix. If $M ^{-1}=\operatorname{adj}(\operatorname{adj} M )$, then which of the following statement is/are $ALWAYS TRUE$ ?

$(A)$ $M=I$   $(B)$ $\operatorname{det} M =1$   $(C)$ $M ^2= I$  $(D)$ $(\operatorname{adj} M)^2=I$

The determinant $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}a&b&{a\alpha + b}\\b&c&{b\alpha + c}\\{a\alpha + b}&{b\alpha + c}&0\end{array}\,} \right| = 0$, if $a,b,c$ are in

Using the property of determinants and without expanding, prove that:

$\left|\begin{array}{lll}2 & 7 & 65 \\ 3 & 8 & 75 \\ 5 & 9 & 86\end{array}\right|=0$