Question
Evaluate: $\left|\begin{array}{ccc}2 & -5 & 7 \\ 5 & 2 & 1 \\ 9 & 0 & 2\end{array}\right|$

Answer

$\begin{aligned} & \left|\begin{array}{ccc}2 & -5 & 7 \\ 5 & 2 & 1 \\ 9 & 0 & 2\end{array}\right|=2\left|\begin{array}{cc}2 & 1 \\ 0 & 2\end{array}\right|-(-5)\left|\begin{array}{ll}5 & 1 \\ 9 & 2\end{array}\right|+7\left|\begin{array}{ll}5 & 2 \\ 9 & 0\end{array}\right| \\ & =2(4-0)+5(10-9)+7(0-18) \\ & =2(4)+5(1)+7(-18) \\ & =8+5-126 \\ & =-113\end{aligned}$

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