Linear Algebra and Its Applications (5th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Determinants - 3.1 Exercises - Page 170: 30

Answer

$-1$

Work Step by Step

Expanding across the first row, we see that two of the cofactors vanish, leaving the determinant equal to $-1\begin{vmatrix}1&0\\0&1\end{vmatrix}=-1$.
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