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det(\left(\begin{matrix}2&1&3\\-2&0&5\\2&3&19\end{matrix}\right))
Find the determinant of the matrix using the method of diagonals.
\left(\begin{matrix}2&1&3&2&1\\-2&0&5&-2&0\\2&3&19&2&3\end{matrix}\right)
Extend the original matrix by repeating the first two columns as the fourth and fifth columns.
5\times 2+3\left(-2\right)\times 3=-8
Starting at the upper left entry, multiply down along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
3\times 5\times 2+19\left(-2\right)=-8
Starting at the lower left entry, multiply up along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
-8-\left(-8\right)
Subtract the sum of the upward diagonal products from the sum of the downward diagonal products.
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Subtract -8 from -8.
det(\left(\begin{matrix}2&1&3\\-2&0&5\\2&3&19\end{matrix}\right))
Find the determinant of the matrix using the method of expansion by minors (also known as expansion by cofactors).
2det(\left(\begin{matrix}0&5\\3&19\end{matrix}\right))-det(\left(\begin{matrix}-2&5\\2&19\end{matrix}\right))+3det(\left(\begin{matrix}-2&0\\2&3\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(-3\times 5\right)-\left(-2\times 19-2\times 5\right)+3\left(-2\right)\times 3
For the 2\times 2 matrix \left(\begin{matrix}a&b\\c&d\end{matrix}\right), the determinant is ad-bc.
2\left(-15\right)-\left(-48\right)+3\left(-6\right)
Simplify.
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Add the terms to obtain the final result.