If ${\Delta _r} = \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  r&{2r - 1}&{3r - 2} \\ 
  {\frac{n}{2}}&{n - 1}&a \\ 
  {\frac{1}{2}n\left( {n - 1} \right)}&{{{\left( {n - 1} \right)}^2}}&{\frac{1}{2}\left( {n - 1} \right)\left( {3n - 4} \right)} 
\end{array}} \right|$ then the value of $\sum\limits_{r = 1}^{n - 1} {{\Delta _r}} $

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  • A

    depends only on $a$

  • B

    depends only on $n$

  • C

    depends both on $a$ and $n$

  • D

    is independent of both $a$ and $n$

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If $A_1B_1C_1,\, A_2B_2C_2,\, A_3B_3C_3$ are three digit number each of which is divisible by $k$ and $\Delta  = \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  {{A_1}{\kern 1pt} }&{{B_1}}&{{C_1}} \\ 
  {{A_2}}&{{B_2}}&{{C_2}} \\ 
  {{A_3}}&{{B_3}}&{{C_3}} 
\end{array}} \right|$ ; then $\Delta $ is divisible by

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