Evaluate the determinants : $\left|\begin{array}{ll}\cos \theta & -\sin \theta \\ \sin \theta & \cos \theta\end{array}\right|$

The number of integers $x$ satisfying $-3 x^4+\operatorname{det}\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & x & x^2 \\ 1 & x^2 & x^4 \\ 1 & x^3 & x^6\end{array}\right]=0$ is equal to

If $D = \left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}1&1&1\\1&{1 + x}&1\\1&1&{1 + y}\end{array}\,} \right|$ for $x \ne 0,y \ne 0$ then $D$ is

If ${A_i} = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{a^i}}&{{b^i}}\\{{b^i}}&{{a^i}}\end{array}} \right]$and if $|a|\, < 1,\,|b|\, < 1$, then $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^\infty {\det ({A_i})} $is equal to

If $A=\left[\begin{array}{ll}1 & 2 \\ 4 & 2\end{array}\right],$ then show that $|2 A|=4|A|$.