SOLUTION: Find the value of the determinant | -2 5 4 | | 3 -2 1 | | 1 6 -3 |

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Question 935786: Find the value of the determinant
| -2 5 4 |
| 3 -2 1 |
| 1 6 -3 |
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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 130
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