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document.write( "Evaluate the determinant of the matrix.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "items in a bracket.  3   -2   0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                     -1   5   3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                     2    7   1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't understand what I am suppose to do.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Evaluate the determinant of the matrix.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "items in a bracket.  3   -2   0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                     -1   5   3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                     2    7   1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The determinant of matrix <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "is evaluated in the usual manner as that of a determinant.IF IT IS NOT KNOWN TO YOU IT CAN BE EXPLAINED ON HEARING FROM YOU><BR>\n" );
document.write( "taking any one column  or row .Expanding by using the first column of 3,-1,2 we get the value of the determinant as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=3*(5*1-3*7)-(-1)*((-2)*1-0*7)+2*((-2)*3-0*5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=-48-2-12=-62\r<BR>\n" );
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