College Algebra (10th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Section 8.3 - Systems of Linear Equations: Determinants - 8.3 Assess Your Understanding - Page 582: 48

Answer

$4$

Work Step by Step

We use one or a combination of theorems (11) to (15). --- Starting with $D=\left|\begin{array}{lll}{x}&{y}&{z}\\{u}&{v}&{w}\\{1}&{2}&{3}\end{array}\right|$, if we add $(-1)\times$(column 1) to column 3, we obtain $D_{1}= \left|\begin{array}{lll}{x}&{y}&{z-x}\\{u}&{v}&{w-u}\\{1}&{2}&{2}\end{array}\right|.$ $D_{1}=D=4$
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