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det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&3&-3\\0&1&-1\\-2&-8&9\end{matrix}\right))
Find the determinant of the matrix using the method of diagonals.
\left(\begin{matrix}1&3&-3&1&3\\0&1&-1&0&1\\-2&-8&9&-2&-8\end{matrix}\right)
Extend the original matrix by repeating the first two columns as the fourth and fifth columns.
9+3\left(-1\right)\left(-2\right)=15
Starting at the upper left entry, multiply down along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
-2\left(-3\right)-8\left(-1\right)=14
Starting at the lower left entry, multiply up along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
15-14
Subtract the sum of the upward diagonal products from the sum of the downward diagonal products.
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Subtract 14 from 15.
det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&3&-3\\0&1&-1\\-2&-8&9\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&-1\\-8&9\end{matrix}\right))-3det(\left(\begin{matrix}0&-1\\-2&9\end{matrix}\right))-3det(\left(\begin{matrix}0&1\\-2&-8\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.
9-\left(-8\left(-1\right)\right)-3\left(-\left(-2\left(-1\right)\right)\right)-3\left(-\left(-2\right)\right)
For the 2\times 2 matrix \left(\begin{matrix}a&b\\c&d\end{matrix}\right), the determinant is ad-bc.
1-3\left(-2\right)-3\times 2
Simplify.
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Add the terms to obtain the final result.