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det(\left(\begin{matrix}2&-4&-3\\-5&0&2\\-2&1&3\end{matrix}\right))
Find the determinant of the matrix using the method of diagonals.
\left(\begin{matrix}2&-4&-3&2&-4\\-5&0&2&-5&0\\-2&1&3&-2&1\end{matrix}\right)
Extend the original matrix by repeating the first two columns as the fourth and fifth columns.
-4\times 2\left(-2\right)-3\left(-5\right)=31
Starting at the upper left entry, multiply down along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
2\times 2+3\left(-5\right)\left(-4\right)=64
Starting at the lower left entry, multiply up along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
31-64
Subtract the sum of the upward diagonal products from the sum of the downward diagonal products.
-33
Subtract 64 from 31.
det(\left(\begin{matrix}2&-4&-3\\-5&0&2\\-2&1&3\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&2\\1&3\end{matrix}\right))-\left(-4det(\left(\begin{matrix}-5&2\\-2&3\end{matrix}\right))\right)-3det(\left(\begin{matrix}-5&0\\-2&1\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(-2\right)-\left(-4\left(-5\times 3-\left(-2\times 2\right)\right)\right)-3\left(-5\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\right)-\left(-4\left(-11\right)\right)-3\left(-5\right)
Simplify.
-33
Add the terms to obtain the final result.