$(i)$ let $A=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}3 & -1 & -2 \\ 0 & 0 & -1 \\ 3 & -5 & 0\end{array}\right]$ It can be observed that in the second row, two entries are zero.
Thus, we expand along the second row for easier calculation.
$|A|=-0\left|\begin{array}{cc}-1 & -2 \\ -5 & 0\end{array}\right|+0\left|\begin{array}{cc}3 & -2 \\ 3 & 0\end{array}\right|-(-1)\left|\begin{array}{cc}3 & -1 \\ 3 & -5\end{array}\right|$
$=(-15+3)=-12$
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