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Exercises on calculating the determinant of 3x3 matrices.
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", "advice": "For simplicity, we will use the expansion of the first row to calculate our determinant
\na)
\nWe have:
\n$$
\\begin{aligned}
\\det{A} &= a_1A_1 + b_1B_1+ c_1C_1 \\\\
&= \\var{maA[0][0]}
\\begin{vmatrix}
\\var{maA[1][1]} & \\var{maA[1][2]} \\\\
\\var{maA[2][1]} & \\var{maA[2][2]} \\\\
\\end{vmatrix} - \\var{maA[0][1]} \\begin{vmatrix}
\\var{maA[1][0]} & \\var{maA[1][2]} \\\\
\\var{maA[2][0]} & \\var{maA[2][2]} \\\\
\\end{vmatrix} + \\var{maA[0][2]} \\begin{vmatrix}
\\var{maA[1][0]} & \\var{maA[1][1]} \\\\
\\var{maA[2][0]} & \\var{maA[2][1]} \\\\
\\end{vmatrix} \\\\
&= \\var{maA[0][0]} \\times \\var{a1a} - \\left(\\var{maA[0][1]} \\times \\var{b1a}\\right) + \\var{maA[0][2]} \\times \\var{c1a} \\\\
&= \\var{deta}
\\end{aligned}
$$
b)
\nWe have:
\n$$
\\begin{aligned}
\\det{B} &= a_1A_1 + b_1B_1+ c_1C_1 \\\\
&= \\var{maB[0][0]}
\\begin{vmatrix}
\\var{maB[1][1]} & \\var{maB[1][2]} \\\\
\\var{maB[2][1]} & \\var{maB[2][2]} \\\\
\\end{vmatrix} - \\var{maB[0][1]} \\begin{vmatrix}
\\var{maB[1][0]} & \\var{maB[1][2]} \\\\
\\var{maB[2][0]} & \\var{maB[2][2]} \\\\
\\end{vmatrix} + \\var{maB[0][2]} \\begin{vmatrix}
\\var{maB[1][0]} & \\var{maB[1][1]} \\\\
\\var{maB[2][0]} & \\var{maB[2][1]} \\\\
\\end{vmatrix} \\\\
&= \\var{maB[0][0]} \\times \\var{a1b} - \\left(\\var{maB[0][1]} \\times \\var{b1b}\\right) + \\var{maB[0][2]} \\times \\var{c1b} \\\\
&= \\var{detb}
\\end{aligned}
$$
Calculate the determinant of $A = \\simplify{{maA}}$
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