Problem 28: Find the value of determinant of the upper triangle matrix
\begin{align*} \Delta =\left| \begin{array}{cccc} a& h& g& f\\ 0& b& c& e\\ 0& 0& d& k\\ 0& 0& 0& l \end{array}\right| \end{align*}
Solution:On expanding $\Delta$ along the $C_1$, we get
\begin{align*} \Delta =a\left| \begin{array}{ccc} b& c& e\\ 0& d& k\\ 0& 0& l\\ \end{array}\right| \end{align*} \begin{align*} \Delta =ab\left| \begin{array}{ccc} d& k\\ 0& l\\ \end{array}\right| \end{align*} \begin{align*} \Delta =ab(dl-k0)=abdl. \end{align*}
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