Evaluate the determinants : $\left|\begin{array}{ll}\cos \theta & -\sin \theta \\ \sin \theta & \cos \theta\end{array}\right|$

$\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{{({a^x} + {a^{ - x}})}^2}}&{{{({a^x} - {a^{ - x}})}^2}}&1\\{{{({b^x} + {b^{ - x}})}^2}}&{{{({b^x} - {b^{ - x}})}^2}}&1\\{{{({c^x} + {c^{ - x}})}^2}}&{{{({c^x} - {c^{ - x}})}^2}}&1\end{array}\,} \right| = $

$A=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & 2 \\ 0 & 0 & 4\end{array}\right],$ then show that $|3 A|=27|A|$.

Consider system of equations  $ x + y -az = 1$  ;  $2x + ay + z = 1$   ; $ax + y -z = 2$

If ${a_1},{a_2},{a_3}.....{a_n}....$ are in $G.P.$ then the value of the determinant $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{\log {a_n}}&{\log {a_{n + 1}}}&{\log {a_{n + 2}}}\\{\log {a_{n + 3}}}&{\log {a_{n + 4}}}&{\log {a_{n + 5}}}\\{\log {a_{n + 6}}}&{\log {a_{n + 7}}}&{\log {a_{n + 8}}}\end{array}\,} \right|$ is

If $A\, = \,\left[ \begin{gathered}
  1\ \ \ \,1\ \ \ \,2\ \ \  \hfill \\
  0\ \ \ \,2\ \ \ \,1\ \ \  \hfill \\
  1\ \ \ \,0\ \ \ \,2\ \ \  \hfill \\ 
\end{gathered}  \right]$ and $A^3 = (aA-I) (bA-I)$,where $a, b$ are integers and $I$ is a $3 × 3$ unit matrix then value of $(a + b)$ is equal to