Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 10 - Section 10.6 - Determinants and Cramer's Rule - 10.6 Exercises - Page 744: 63

Answer

$0,1,2$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Start from the original, expand the determinant using the first column: $\begin{array}( \\LHS= \\ \\ \end{array} \begin{vmatrix} x&12&13\\0&x-1&23\\0&0&x-2 \end{vmatrix}=x\begin{vmatrix} x-1&23\\0&x-2 \end{vmatrix}$ Step 2. Complete the expansion to get: $LHS=x(x-1)(x-2)=0$ Step 3. The solutions to the above equation can be found as: $x=0,1,2$
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