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Suppose the matrix A is fixed, except that a11 varies from to +. Give examples in which

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Suppose the matrix A is fixed, except that a11 varies from to +. Give examples in which detA is always zero or never zero. Then show from the cofactor expansion (8) that otherwise detA = 0 for exactly one value of a11.

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QUESTION:

Suppose the matrix A is fixed, except that a11 varies from to +. Give examples in which detA is always zero or never zero. Then show from the cofactor expansion (8) that otherwise detA = 0 for exactly one value of a11.

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Let  be an  fixed matrix with an exception of the element .

As per the cofactor expansion formula,

                                                             

Assuming the determinant value of matrix  as zero,

                   

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