If $\left| \begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
{ - 2a}&{a + b}&{a + c}\\
{b + a}&{ - 2b}&{b + c}\\
{c + a}&{b + c}&{ - 2c}
\end{array}\right|$ $ = \alpha \left( {a + b} \right)\left( {b + c} \right)\left( {c + a} \right) \ne 0$ then $\alpha $ is equal to

If $\alpha , \beta \, and \, \gamma$ are real numbers , then $D = \left|{\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}1&{\cos \,(\beta \, - \,\alpha )}&{\cos \,(\gamma \, - \,\alpha )}\\{\cos \,(\alpha \, - \,\beta )}&1&{\cos \,(\gamma \, - \,\beta )}\\{\cos \,(\alpha \, - \,\gamma )}&{\cos \,(\beta \, - \,\gamma )}&1 \end{array}} \right|$ =

The value of $x,$ if $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{ - x}&1&0\\1&{ - x}&1\\0&1&{ - x}\end{array}\,} \right| = 0 $ is equal to

The number of values of $\alpha$ for which the system of equations:   $x+y+z=\alpha$ ;  $\alpha x+2 \alpha y+3 z=-1$ ;  $x+3 \alpha y+5 z=4$    is inconsistent, is

The value of the determinant$\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{ - 1}&1&1\\1&{ - 1}&1\\1&1&{ - 1}\end{array}\,} \right|$is equal to

Find equation of line joining $(1,2)$ and $(3,6)$ using determinates