Precalculus (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 013421742X
ISBN 13: 978-0-13421-742-0

Chapter 9 - Systems and Matrices - Test - Page 957: 11

Answer

$-844$

Work Step by Step

Use the determinant formula with expansion from the first row, we have $\begin{vmatrix} 2 & 0 & 8 \\ -1 & 7 & 9 \\ 12 & 5 & -3 \end{vmatrix}=2((7)(-3)-(5)(9))-0+8((-1)(5)-(12)(7))=-844$
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