Problem 29: Find the value of determinant of the matrix
\begin{align*} A =\left[ \begin{array}{ccc} 4& 7& 8\\ -9& 0& 0\\ 2& 3& 4\\ \end{array}\right] \end{align*}
Solution:On expanding $\Delta$ along the $R_2$, we get
\begin{align*} \Delta =\left| \begin{array}{ccc} 4& 7& 8\\ -9& 0& 0\\ 2& 3& 4\\ \end{array}\right| \end{align*} \begin{align*} \Delta =(-1)^{2+1}(-9)\left| \begin{array}{ccc} 7& 8\\ 3& 4\\ \end{array}\right| \end{align*} \begin{align*} \Delta =(-1)(-9)(28-24)=36. \end{align*}
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