College Algebra (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32178-228-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-32178-228-1

Chapter 6 - Summary, Review, and Test - Review Exercises - Page 657: 50

Answer

$4$

Work Step by Step

We can expand along the first column, then the determinant equals the determinant of the $3\times3$ matrix in the lower right "corner". We know that for a matrix \[ \left[\begin{array}{rrr} a & b & c \\ d &e & f \\ g &h & i \\ \end{array} \right] \] the determinant, $D=a(ei-fh)-b(di-fg)+c(dh-eg).$ Hence here $D=3(4\cdot1-0\cdot0)-2((-2)\cdot1-0\cdot3)+1(-2\cdot0-4\cdot3)=3 \cdot4-2\cdot(-2)+1\cdot-12=12+4-12=4.$
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