Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceMATHSDeterminants1 Mark
Question
$\left|\begin{array}{ccc}-a & b & c \\ a & -b & c \\ a & b & -c\end{array}\right|=k a b c$, then the value of $k$ is:
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Answer
We have, $\begin{aligned} \left|\begin{array}{ccc} -a & b & c \\ a & -b & c \\ a & b & -c \end{array}\right| & =-a(b c-b c)-b(-a c-a c)+c(a b+a b) \\ & =2 a b c+2 a b c=4 a b c \end{aligned}$ $\Rightarrow k a b c=4 a b c \Rightarrow k=4$
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