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det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&-2&0\\-2&2&-2\\0&-2&3\end{matrix}\right))
Find the determinant of the matrix using the method of diagonals.
\left(\begin{matrix}1&-2&0&1&-2\\-2&2&-2&-2&2\\0&-2&3&0&-2\end{matrix}\right)
Extend the original matrix by repeating the first two columns as the fourth and fifth columns.
2\times 3=6
Starting at the upper left entry, multiply down along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
-2\left(-2\right)+3\left(-2\right)\left(-2\right)=16
Starting at the lower left entry, multiply up along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
6-16
Subtract the sum of the upward diagonal products from the sum of the downward diagonal products.
-10
Subtract 16 from 6.
det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&-2&0\\-2&2&-2\\0&-2&3\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\\-2&3\end{matrix}\right))-\left(-2det(\left(\begin{matrix}-2&-2\\0&3\end{matrix}\right))\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\times 3-\left(-2\left(-2\right)\right)-\left(-2\left(-2\right)\times 3\right)
For the 2\times 2 matrix \left(\begin{matrix}a&b\\c&d\end{matrix}\right), the determinant is ad-bc.
2-\left(-2\left(-6\right)\right)
Simplify.
-10
Add the terms to obtain the final result.