document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=85210>Question 85210</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> evaluate the determinate   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|8   0 0|<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|-16 7 8|<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|8   4 5| </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "|7   8|<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|4   5| \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[the matrix that remains after eliminating the row and column to which the 8 belongs in the original matrix]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8(7(5) - 4(8)) =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8(35 - 32) =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8(3) = 24 </SPAN>\n" );
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