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det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&3&-2\\2&-2&2\\-5&17&-14\end{matrix}\right))
Find the determinant of the matrix using the method of diagonals.
\left(\begin{matrix}1&3&-2&1&3\\2&-2&2&2&-2\\-5&17&-14&-5&17\end{matrix}\right)
Extend the original matrix by repeating the first two columns as the fourth and fifth columns.
-2\left(-14\right)+3\times 2\left(-5\right)-2\times 2\times 17=-70
Starting at the upper left entry, multiply down along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
-5\left(-2\right)\left(-2\right)+17\times 2-14\times 2\times 3=-70
Starting at the lower left entry, multiply up along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
-70-\left(-70\right)
Subtract the sum of the upward diagonal products from the sum of the downward diagonal products.
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Subtract -70 from -70.
det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&3&-2\\2&-2&2\\-5&17&-14\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}-2&2\\17&-14\end{matrix}\right))-3det(\left(\begin{matrix}2&2\\-5&-14\end{matrix}\right))-2det(\left(\begin{matrix}2&-2\\-5&17\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.
-2\left(-14\right)-17\times 2-3\left(2\left(-14\right)-\left(-5\times 2\right)\right)-2\left(2\times 17-\left(-5\left(-2\right)\right)\right)
For the 2\times 2 matrix \left(\begin{matrix}a&b\\c&d\end{matrix}\right), the determinant is ad-bc.
-6-3\left(-18\right)-2\times 24
Simplify.
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Add the terms to obtain the final result.