3 and 4 .Determinants and Matrices
easy

Evaluate the determinants

$\left|\begin{array}{rrr}3 & -1 & -2 \\ 0 & 0 & -1 \\ 3 & -5 & 0\end{array}\right|$

A

$-10$

B

$-11$

C

$-12$

D

$-13$

Solution

$(i)$ let $A=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}3 & -1 & -2 \\ 0 & 0 & -1 \\ 3 & -5 & 0\end{array}\right]$

It can be observed that in the second row, two entries are zero. Thus, we expand along the second row for easier calculation.

$|A|=-0\left|\begin{array}{cc}-1 & -2 \\ -5 & 0\end{array}\right|+0\left|\begin{array}{cc}3 & -2 \\ 3 & 0\end{array}\right|-(-1)\left|\begin{array}{cc}3 & -1 \\ 3 & -5\end{array}\right|=(-15+3)=-12$

Standard 12
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