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det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&2&-1\\0&1&3\\5&1&0\end{matrix}\right))
Find the determinant of the matrix using the method of diagonals.
\left(\begin{matrix}1&2&-1&1&2\\0&1&3&0&1\\5&1&0&5&1\end{matrix}\right)
Extend the original matrix by repeating the first two columns as the fourth and fifth columns.
2\times 3\times 5=30
Starting at the upper left entry, multiply down along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
5\left(-1\right)+3=-2
Starting at the lower left entry, multiply up along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
30-\left(-2\right)
Subtract the sum of the upward diagonal products from the sum of the downward diagonal products.
32
Subtract -2 from 30.
det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&2&-1\\0&1&3\\5&1&0\end{matrix}\right))
Find the determinant of the matrix using the method of expansion by minors (also known as expansion by cofactors).
det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&3\\1&0\end{matrix}\right))-2det(\left(\begin{matrix}0&3\\5&0\end{matrix}\right))-det(\left(\begin{matrix}0&1\\5&1\end{matrix}\right))
To expand by minors, multiply each element of the first row by its minor, which is the determinant of the 2\times 2 matrix created by deleting the row and column containing that element, then multiply by the element's position sign.
-3-2\left(-5\times 3\right)-\left(-5\right)
For the 2\times 2 matrix \left(\begin{matrix}a&b\\c&d\end{matrix}\right), the determinant is ad-bc.
-3-2\left(-15\right)-\left(-5\right)
Simplify.
32
Add the terms to obtain the final result.