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

If you have the general 3x3 matrix:

$\"%28matrix%283%2C3%2Ca%2Cb%2Cc%2Cd%2Ce%2Cf%2Cg%2Ch%2Ci%29%29\"$

the determinant is:

Which further breaks down to:

Note: $\"abs%28matrix%282%2C2%2Ce%2Cf%2Ch%2Ci%29%29\"$ , $\"abs%28matrix%282%2C2%2Cd%2Cf%2Cg%2Ci%29%29\"$ and $\"abs%28matrix%282%2C2%2Cd%2Ce%2Cg%2Ch%29%29\"$ are determinants themselves.
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From the matrix $\"%28matrix%283%2C3%2C3%2C-1%2C2%2C-2%2C1%2C-3%2C4%2C-1%2C3%29%29\"$ , we can see that $\"a=3\"$ , $\"b=-1\"$ , $\"c=2\"$ , $\"d=-2\"$ , $\"e=1\"$ , $\"f=-3\"$ , $\"g=4\"$ , $\"h=-1\"$ , and $\"i=3\"$

Start with the general 3x3 determinant.

Plug in the given values (see above)

Multiply

Subtract

$\"abs%28matrix%283%2C3%2C3%2C-1%2C2%2C-2%2C1%2C-3%2C4%2C-1%2C3%29%29=0--6%2B-4\"$ Multiply

$\"abs%28matrix%283%2C3%2C3%2C-1%2C2%2C-2%2C1%2C-3%2C4%2C-1%2C3%29%29=2\"$ Combine like terms.

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Answer:

So $\"abs%28matrix%283%2C3%2C3%2C-1%2C2%2C-2%2C1%2C-3%2C4%2C-1%2C3%29%29=2\"$ , which means that the determinant of the matrix $\"%28matrix%283%2C3%2C3%2C-1%2C2%2C-2%2C1%2C-3%2C4%2C-1%2C3%29%29\"$ is 2

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