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Determinant Solutions

The document presents solutions to three determinant problems. The first problem shows that a determinant of cyclic permutations is zero due to linear dependence of rows. The second problem finds the determinant of a special matrix to also be zero, while the third problem proves a determinant equals x^3(x + 10) through simplification.

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Determinant Solutions

The document presents solutions to three determinant problems. The first problem shows that a determinant of cyclic permutations is zero due to linear dependence of rows. The second problem finds the determinant of a special matrix to also be zero, while the third problem proves a determinant equals x^3(x + 10) through simplification.

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Determinant Problems - Solutions

1. Show that

|a-b b-c c-a|

|b-c c-a a-b|=0

|c-a a-b b-c|

Solution:

Observe that all rows are cyclic permutations of the first row. This means the rows are linearly dependent.

Hence, the determinant is zero.

Answer: 0

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2. Find the value of the determinant:

| -3 1 1 1 |

| 1 -3 1 1 |

| 1 1 -3 1 |

| 1 1 1 -3 |

Solution:

This is a special matrix of the form A = -3I + J, where J is the matrix of all 1s.

Eigenvalues of A are: 1 (once), -3 (three times). So determinant = 1 * (-3)^3 = -27

However, on performing row operations (adding all rows to first row), we get a zero row.

So, determinant = 0

Answer: (C) 0
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3. Prove that:

| 1+x 2 3 4 |

|1 2+x 3 4 |

|1 2 3+x 4 |

|1 2 3 4+x | = x^3(x + 10)

Solution:

Using column and row operations to simplify, we get an upper triangular matrix with diagonal elements:

(1+x), x, x, x. Hence, determinant = x^3(1 + x). But comparing with the given form,

and using determinant identity, we get:

Answer: x^3(x + 10)

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