SOLUTION: What is the value of the determinant |4 6 8| |2 4 0| |4 6 8|

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Question 875438: What is the value of the determinant
|4 6 8|
|2 4 0|
|4 6 8|
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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|4 6 8| 
|2 4 0| 
|4 6 8|

Subtract the first row from the third row:

|4 6 8| 
|2 4 0| 
|0 0 0|

That's 0 because the value of any determinant 
with an all-zero row or column is 0. 

Edwin