If $\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  {\cos 2x}&{{{\sin }^2}x}&{\cos 4x} \\ 
  {{{\sin }^2}x}&{\cos 2x}&{{{\cos }^2}x} \\ 
  {\cos 4x}&{{{\cos }^2}x}&{\cos 2x} 
\end{array}} \right| = {a_0} + {a_1}\sin x + {a_2}{\sin ^2}x + …..$ then $a_0$ is equal to

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}} $

Find values of $x$ for which $\left|\begin{array}{ll}3 & x \\ x & 1\end{array}\right|=\left|\begin{array}{ll}3 & 2 \\ 4 & 1\end{array}\right|$

Let $p$ and $p+2$ be prime numbers and let $\Delta=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}p ! & (p+1) ! & (p+2) ! \\ (p+1) ! & (p+2) ! & (p+3) ! \\ (p+2) ! & (p+3) ! & (p+4) !\end{array}\right|$ Then the sum of the maximum values of $\alpha$ and $\beta$, such that $p ^{\alpha}$ and $( p +2)^{\beta}$ divide $\Delta$, is $……..$

For a real number $\alpha$, if the system

$\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & \alpha & \alpha^2 \\ \alpha & 1 & \alpha \\ \alpha^2 & \alpha & 1\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{l}x \\ y \\ z\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{c}1 \\ -1 \\ 1\end{array}\right]$

of linear equations, has infinitely many solutions, then $1+\alpha+\alpha^2=$