If $\left|\begin{array}{cc}x & 2 \\ 18 & x\end{array}\right|=\left|\begin{array}{cc}6 & 2 \\ 18 & 6\end{array}\right|,$ then $x$ is equal to

If ${a^2} + {b^2} + {c^2} + ab + bc + ca \leq 0\,\forall a,\,b,\,c\, \in \,R$ , then the value of determinant $\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  {{{(a + b + c)}^2}}&{{a^2} + {b^2}}&1 \\ 
  1&{{{(b + c + 2)}^2}}&{{b^2} + {c^2}} \\ 
  {{c^2} + {a^2}}&1&{{{(c + a + 2)}^2}} 
\end{array}} \right|$ 

Let the system of linear equations  $x+y+k z=2$ ;  $2 x+3 y-z=1$ ; $3 x+4 y+2 z=k$ , have infinitely many solutions. Then the system $( k +1) x +(2 k -1) y =7$ ; $(2 k +1) x +( k +5) y =10 \text { has : }$

$\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| = $

How many values of $k $ , systeam of linear equations $\left( {k + 1} \right)x + 8y = 4k\;,\;kx + \left( {k + 3} \right)y$$ = 3k - 1$ has no solutions.

Let $p$ and $p+2$ be prime numbers and let $\Delta=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}p ! & (p+1) ! & (p+2) ! \\ (p+1) ! & (p+2) ! & (p+3) ! \\ (p+2) ! & (p+3) ! & (p+4) !\end{array}\right|$ Then the sum of the maximum values of $\alpha$ and $\beta$, such that $p ^{\alpha}$ and $( p +2)^{\beta}$ divide $\Delta$, is $........$