In a $\Delta ABC,$ if $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}1&a&b\\1&c&a\\1&b&c\end{array}\,} \right| = 0$, then ${\sin ^2}A + {\sin ^2}B + {\sin ^2}C = $

Evaluate the determinants : $\left|\begin{array}{cc}2 & 4 \\ -5 & -1\end{array}\right|$

The least value of the product $xyz$ for which the determinant $\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  x&1&1 \\ 
  1&y&1 \\ 
  1&1&z 
\end{array}} \right|$ is non-negative, is 

Let $D _{ k }=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 2 k & 2 k -1 \\ n & n ^2+ n +2 & n ^2 \\ n & n ^2+ n & n ^2+ n +2\end{array}\right|$. If $\sum \limits_{ k =1}^n$ $D _{ k }=96$, then $n$ 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 $A = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
1&1\\
1&1
\end{array}} \right]$ and $\det ({A^n} - I) = 1 - {\lambda ^n}\,,\,n \in N$ then $\lambda $ is