If $\Delta = \left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}x&y&z\\p&q&r\\a&b&c\end{array}\,} \right|,$ then $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}x&{2y}&z\\{2p}&{4q}&{2r}\\a&{2b}&c\end{array}\,} \right|$equals
${\Delta ^2}$
$4\Delta $
$3\Delta $
None of these
If the points $(2k, k), (k, 2k)$ and $(k, k)$ with $k > 0$ enclose a triangle of area $18$ square unit then centroid of triangle is equal to
For all values of $A,B,C$ and $P,Q,R$, the value of $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{\cos (A - P)}&{\cos (A - Q)}&{\cos (A - R)}\\{\cos (B - P)}&{\cos (B - Q)}&{\cos (B - R)}\\{\cos (C - P)}&{\cos (C - Q)}&{\cos (C - R)}\end{array}\,} \right|$ is
If $A, B, C$ be the angles of a triangle, then $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{ - 1}&{\cos C}&{\cos B}\\{\cos C}&{ - 1}&{\cos A}\\{\cos B}&{\cos A}&{ - 1}\end{array}\,} \right| = $
The number of values of $\theta \in (0,\pi)$ for which the system of linear equations
$x + 3y + 7z = 0$
$-x + 4y + 7z = 0$
$(sin\,3\theta )x + (cos\,2\theta )y + 2z = 0$ has a non-trivial solution, 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