Let the area of the triangle with vertices $A (1, \alpha)$, $B (\alpha, 0)$ and $C (0, \alpha)$ be $4\, sq.$ units. If the point $(\alpha,-\alpha),(-\alpha, \alpha)$ and $\left(\alpha^{2}, \beta\right)$ are collinear, then $\beta$ is equal to

The system of equations $\begin{array}{l}\alpha x + y + z = \alpha - 1\\x + \alpha y + z = \alpha - 1\\x + y + \alpha z = \alpha - 1\end{array}$ has no solution, if $\alpha $ is

If the system of equations $x + ay = 0,$ $az + y = 0$ and $ax + z = 0$ has infinite solutions, then the value of $a$ is

$\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{{({a^x} + {a^{ - x}})}^2}}&{{{({a^x} - {a^{ - x}})}^2}}&1\\{{{({b^x} + {b^{ - x}})}^2}}&{{{({b^x} - {b^{ - x}})}^2}}&1\\{{{({c^x} + {c^{ - x}})}^2}}&{{{({c^x} - {c^{ - x}})}^2}}&1\end{array}\,} \right| = $

$\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{a - b}&{b - c}&{c - a}\\{x - y}&{y - z}&{z - x}\\{p - q}&{q - r}&{r - p}\end{array}\,} \right| = $

$A=\left[\begin{array}{lll}1 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & 2 \\ 0 & 0 & 4\end{array}\right],$ then show that $|3 A|=27|A|$.