Evaluate \(\begin{vmatrix}4 & 2 & -1 \\ 2 & 3 & -1 \\ -1 & 1 & 3\end{vmatrix}\)

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Mathematics - 2011 Subject: General Mathematics

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Evaluate \(\begin{vmatrix}4 & 2 & -1 \\ 2 & 3 & -1 \\ -1 & 1 & 3\end{vmatrix}\)

Answer Details
| 4 2 − 1 2 3 − 1 − 1 1 3 |
4  | 3 − 1 1 3 |  -2  | 2 − 1 − 1 3 |  -1  | 2 3 − 1 1 |
4[(3 x 3) - (-1 x 1)] -2 [(2x 3) - (-1 x -1)] -1 [(2 x 1) - (-1 x 3)]
= 4[9 + 1] -2 [6 - 1] -1 [2 + 3]
= 4(10) - 2(5) - 1(5)
= 40 - 10 - 5
= 25

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