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det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&0&2\\0&3&0\\2&0&1\end{matrix}\right))
Find the determinant of the matrix using the method of diagonals.
\left(\begin{matrix}1&0&2&1&0\\0&3&0&0&3\\2&0&1&2&0\end{matrix}\right)
Extend the original matrix by repeating the first two columns as the fourth and fifth columns.
3=3
Starting at the upper left entry, multiply down along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
2\times 3\times 2=12
Starting at the lower left entry, multiply up along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
3-12
Subtract the sum of the upward diagonal products from the sum of the downward diagonal products.
-9
Subtract 12 from 3.
det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&0&2\\0&3&0\\2&0&1\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}3&0\\0&1\end{matrix}\right))+2det(\left(\begin{matrix}0&3\\2&0\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(-2\times 3\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(-6\right)
Simplify.
-9
Add the terms to obtain the final result.