If $\alpha ,\beta \ne 0$ and $f\left( n \right) = {\alpha ^n} + {\beta ^n}$ and $\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}3&{1 + f\left( 1 \right)}&{1 + f\left( 2 \right)}\\{1 + f\left( 1 \right)}&{1 + f\left( 2 \right)}&{1 + f\left( 3 \right)}\\{1 + f\left( 2 \right)}&{1 + f\left( 3 \right)}&{1 + f\left( 4 \right)}\end{array}} \right|\; = K{\left( {1 - \alpha } \right)^2}$ ${\left( {1 - \beta } \right)^2}{\left( {\alpha - \beta } \right)^2}$ ,then $K=$ . . . . . .

  • [JEE MAIN 2014]
  • A

    $1$

  • B

    $-1$

  • C

    $\alpha \beta $

  • D

    $\frac{1}{{\alpha \beta }}$

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