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}} $

If $x + y - z = 0,\,3x - \alpha y - 3z = 0,\,\,x - 3y + z = 0$ has non zero solution, then $\alpha = $

The value of a for which the system of equations ${a^3}x + {(a + 1)^3}y + {(a + 2)^3}z = 0,$ $ax + (a + 1)y + (a + 2)z = 0,$ $x + y + z = 0,$ has a non zero solution is

If $x = cy + bz,\,\,y = az + cx,\,\,z = bx + ay$ (where $x, y, z $ are not all zero) have a solution other than $x = 0$, $y = 0$, $z = 0$ then $a, b$  and $ c $ are connected by the relation

If $\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{a\, + \,1}&{a\, + \,2}&{a\, + \,p}\\{a\, + \,2}&{a\, +\,3}&{a\, + \,q}\\{a\, + \,3}&{a\, + \,4}&{a\, + \,r}\end{array}} \right|$ $= 0$ , then $p, q, r$ are in :

The sum of the real roots of the equation $\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
x&{ - 6}&{ - 1}\\
2&{ - 3x}&{x - 3}\\
{ - 3}&{2x}&{x = 2}
\end{array}} \right| = 0$ is equal to