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4Determinant of a 3×33\times 3 matrix

Find det⁡A\displaystyle \det A for A=[312201111]\displaystyle A = \begin{bmatrix}3 & 1 & 2\\2 & 0 & 1\\1 & 1 & 1\end{bmatrix}. Is A\displaystyle A invertible?

Expanding along the top row: det A = 3(0−1) − 1(2−1) + 2(2−0) = −3 −1 +4 = 0. Since det A = 0, the matrix A is not invertible.

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