Linear Algebra and Its Applications (5th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Determinants - 3.1 Exercises - Page 170: 26

Answer

$-1$

Work Step by Step

Expanding down the first column, we see that the first two cofactors vanish, leaving the determinant equal to $1\begin{vmatrix}0&1\\1&0\end{vmatrix}=1(0-1)=-1$. Note that Theorem 2 does not apply, as the elementary matrix given does not satisfy the definition of a triangular matrix.
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