Let $\alpha $ and $\beta $ be the roots of the equation $x^2 + x + 1 = 0.$ Then for $y \ne 0$ in $R,$ $\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
{y\, + \,1}&\alpha &\beta \\
\alpha &{y\, + \,\beta }&1\\
\beta &1&{y\, + \,\alpha }
\end{array}} \right|$ is equal to

Let $\alpha, \beta$ and $\gamma$ be real numbers such that the system of linear equations

$x+2 y+3 z=\alpha$

$4 x+5 y+6 z=\beta$

$7 x+8 y+9 z=\gamma-$

is consistent. Let $| M |$ represent the determinant of the matrix

$M=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}\alpha & 2 & \gamma \\ \beta & 1 & 0 \\ -1 & 0 & 1\end{array}\right]$

Let $P$ be the plane containing all those $(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ for which the above system of linear equations is consistent, and $D$ be the square of the distance of the point $(0,1,0)$ from the plane $P$.

($1$) The value of $| M |$ is

($2$) The value of $D$ is

Let $A_1, A_2, A_3$ be the three A.P. with the same common difference $d$ and having their first terms as $A , A +1, A +2$, respectively. Let $a , b , c$ be the $7^{\text {th }}, 9^{\text {th }}, 17^{\text {th }}$ terms of $A_1, A_2, A_3$, respectively such that $\left|\begin{array}{lll} a & 7 & 1 \\ 2 b & 17 & 1 \\ c & 17 & 1\end{array}\right|+70=0$ If $a=29$, then the sum of first $20$ terms of an $AP$ whose first term is $c - a - b$ and common difference is $\frac{ d }{12}$, is equal to $........$.

Let $a_1,a_2,a_3,....,a_{10}$ be in $G.P.$ with $a_i > 0$ for $i = 1, 2,....,10$ and $S$ be the set of pairs $(r,k), r, k \in N$ (the set of natural numbers) for which

$\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  {{{\log }_e}\,a_1^ra_2^k}&{{{\log }_e}\,a_2^ra_3^k}&{{{\log }_e}\,a_3^ra_4^k} \\
  {{{\log }_e}\,a_4^ra_5^k}&{{{\log }_e}\,a_5^ra_6^k}&{{{\log }_e}\,a_6^ra_7^k} \\ 
  {{{\log }_e}\,a_7^ra_8^k}&{{{\log }_e}\,a_8^ra_9^k}&{{{\log }_e}\,a_9^ra_{10}^k} 
\end{array}} \right| = 0$

Then the number of elements in $S$, is

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

In a third order determinant, each element of the first column consists of sum of two terms, each element of the second column consists of sum of three terms and each element of the third column consists of sum of four terms. Then it can be decomposed into $n $determinants, where $ n$  has the value