Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1-13311-087-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-13311-087-3

Chapter 3 - Determinants - 3.3 Properties of Determinants - 3.3 Exercises - Page 125: 23

Answer

singular

Work Step by Step

Since one can see easily that $$\left|\begin{array}{rrr} 1&0&-8&2\\ 0&8&-1&10 \\ 0&0&0&1\\0&0&0&2 \end{array}\right|=0,$$ then the matrix $$\left[\begin{array}{rrr} 1&0&-8&2\\ 0&8&-1&10 \\ 0&0&0&1\\0&0&0&2\end{array}\right]$$ is singular.
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