SOLUTION: compute the determinant 3 0 -1 6 -1 4 2 -2 -2

Question 871631: compute the determinant
3 0 -1
6 -1 4
2 -2 -2
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|3, 0,-1|
|6,-1, 4|=40
|2,-2,-2|

Solved by pluggable solver: Finding the Determinant of a 3x3 Matrix

If you have the general 3x3 matrix:

the determinant is:

Which further breaks down to:

Note: , and are determinants themselves.
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From the matrix , we can see that , , , , , , , , and

Start with the general 3x3 determinant.

Plug in the given values (see above)

Multiply

Subtract

Multiply

Combine like terms.

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Answer:

So , which means that the determinant of the matrix is 40

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