Linear Algebra Examples

Find the Determinant [[a^2,b^2,c^2],[bc,ac,ab],[a-b-c,b-a-c,c-a-b]]
Step 1
Choose the row or column with the most elements. If there are no elements choose any row or column. Multiply every element in row by its cofactor and add.
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Step 1.1
Consider the corresponding sign chart.
Step 1.2
The cofactor is the minor with the sign changed if the indices match a position on the sign chart.
Step 1.3
The minor for is the determinant with row and column deleted.
Step 1.4
Multiply element by its cofactor.
Step 1.5
The minor for is the determinant with row and column deleted.
Step 1.6
Multiply element by its cofactor.
Step 1.7
The minor for is the determinant with row and column deleted.
Step 1.8
Multiply element by its cofactor.
Step 1.9
Add the terms together.
Step 2
Evaluate .
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Step 2.1
The determinant of a matrix can be found using the formula .
Step 2.2
Simplify the determinant.
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Step 2.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 2.2.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.2.1.2
Simplify.
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Step 2.2.1.2.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.2.1.2.1.1
Move .
Step 2.2.1.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.2.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.2.1.2.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.2.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.2.1.3.1
Move .
Step 2.2.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.2.1.5
Simplify.
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Step 2.2.1.5.1
Multiply .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.5.2
Multiply .
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Step 2.2.1.5.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.5.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.6
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.2.1.7
Simplify.
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Step 2.2.1.7.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.2.1.7.1.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.2.1.7.2.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
Step 2.2.2
Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 2.2.2.1
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
Step 2.2.2.2
Add and .
Step 2.2.2.3
Add and .
Step 3
Evaluate .
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Step 3.1
The determinant of a matrix can be found using the formula .
Step 3.2
Simplify the determinant.
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Step 3.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 3.2.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.2.1.2
Simplify.
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Step 3.2.1.2.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.2.1.2.1.1
Move .
Step 3.2.1.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.2.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.2.1.2.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.2.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.2.1.3.1
Move .
Step 3.2.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.2.1.5
Simplify.
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Step 3.2.1.5.1
Multiply .
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Step 3.2.1.5.1.1
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.5.2
Multiply .
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Step 3.2.1.5.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.5.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.6
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.2.1.7
Simplify.
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Step 3.2.1.7.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.2.1.7.1.1
Move .
Step 3.2.1.7.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.7.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.2.1.7.2.1
Move .
Step 3.2.1.7.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.2
Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 3.2.2.1
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
Step 3.2.2.2
Add and .
Step 3.2.2.3
Add and .
Step 4
Evaluate .
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Step 4.1
The determinant of a matrix can be found using the formula .
Step 4.2
Simplify the determinant.
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Step 4.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 4.2.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.1.2
Simplify.
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Step 4.2.1.2.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 4.2.1.2.1.1
Move .
Step 4.2.1.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.2.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 4.2.1.2.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 4.2.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 4.2.1.3.1
Move .
Step 4.2.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.1.5
Simplify.
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Step 4.2.1.5.1
Multiply .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.5.2
Multiply .
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Step 4.2.1.5.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.5.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.6
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.1.7
Simplify.
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Step 4.2.1.7.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 4.2.1.7.1.1
Move .
Step 4.2.1.7.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.7.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 4.2.1.7.2.1
Move .
Step 4.2.1.7.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2
Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 4.2.2.1
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
Step 4.2.2.2
Add and .
Step 4.2.2.3
Add and .
Step 5
Simplify each term.
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Step 5.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2
Simplify.
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Step 5.2.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.2.1.1
Move .
Step 5.2.1.2
Multiply by .
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Step 5.2.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.2.1.3
Add and .
Step 5.2.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.2.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.2.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.2.4.1
Move .
Step 5.2.4.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.2.4.3
Add and .
Step 5.3
Simplify each term.
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Step 5.3.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.3.1.1
Move .
Step 5.3.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.3.1.3
Add and .
Step 5.3.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.3.2.1
Move .
Step 5.3.2.2
Multiply by .
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Step 5.3.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.3.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.3.2.3
Add and .
Step 5.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.5
Simplify.
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Step 5.5.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.5.1.1
Move .
Step 5.5.1.2
Multiply by .
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Step 5.5.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.5.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.5.1.3
Add and .
Step 5.5.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.5.2.1
Move .
Step 5.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.5.2.3
Add and .
Step 5.5.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.5.3.1
Move .
Step 5.5.3.2
Multiply by .
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Step 5.5.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.5.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.5.3.3
Add and .
Step 5.5.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.5.4.1
Move .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.5.4.3
Add and .
Step 5.6
Simplify each term.
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Step 5.6.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.6.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.6.4
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.6.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.6.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.7
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.8
Simplify.
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Step 5.8.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.8.1.1
Move .
Step 5.8.1.2
Multiply by .
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Step 5.8.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.8.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.8.1.3
Add and .
Step 5.8.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.8.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.8.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.8.4.1
Move .
Step 5.8.4.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.8.4.3
Add and .
Step 5.9
Simplify each term.
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Step 5.9.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.9.1.1
Move .
Step 5.9.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.9.1.3
Add and .
Step 5.9.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.9.2.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 5.9.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.9.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.9.2.3
Add and .