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	The evaluation of a 3 by 3 determinant		2016-02-19
		From Kristen: What is the step-by-step process on how to evaluate the determinant of a 3*3 matrix, using the expansion method (not the diagonal method) Answered by Penny Nom.
	The adjacency matrix of an undirected graph		2010-01-15
		From Bhavya: Let Cn be the undirected graph with vertex set V = {1,2,3,...,n} and edge set E = {(1,2), (2,3), (3,4),.... , (n-1,n), (n,1)}. Let An be the adjacency matrix of Cn. a. Find the determinant of An. b. Find (An)^2 Answered by Robert Dawson.
	4 by 4 determinants		2008-06-27
		From rav: How to solve problems of determinants which has four rows and four columns& please give me easy tips to solve permutations and combinations problems. Answered by Harley Weston.
	Determinants		2008-05-02
		From Henry: I have a question about solving 3x3 matrices. The traditional way, or at least the way I've been taught, is that if one has a 3x3 matrix such as: [ a b c ] [ d e f ] [ g h i ] one solves it according to this formula: [ei - hf) - (bi - hc) + (bf - ec) = determinant. According to a book I'm now studying to prepare for the California CSET exam, there is another, easier, way to solve it: [ a b c ] [ a b ] [ d e f ] [ d e ] [ g h i ] [ g h ] In other words, one repeats the first two rows of the matrix and adds them to the right. At this point, the determinant is calculated thus: (aei) +(bfg) + (cdh) - (gec) - (hfa) - (idb). Is this, in fact, correct? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Area of a 17-sided lot		2007-11-21
		From Lynda: My uncle is wanting to buy this piece of land [a 17-sided polygon] but we are questioning the acerage total. the measurements are [on the attached diagram]. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A matrix of polynomials		2007-07-18
		From Mac: can you please help me out to solve this ? Let A be a n*n matrix, the elements of which are real (or complex) polynomial in x. If r rows of the determinant becomes identical when x=a, then the determinant A) has a factor of order r B) has a factor or order > r C) has no factor D) has a factor of order < r Answered by Harley Weston.
	Evaluating a determinant		2007-02-25
		From Suud: Please send me the detailed steps of calculating the determinant of the following 4by4 matrix -1 -3 1 2 -2 0 -1 1 3 2 0 4 0 -3 1 -2 Answered by Haley Ess.
	A matrix problem		2005-04-04
		From Alan: Let A = 1 -1 0 2 -1 2 a b c where a, b, c are constant real numbers. For what values of a, b, c is A invertible? [Hint: Your answer should be an equation in a, b, c which satisfied if and only if A is invertible.] Answered by Judi McDonald.
	A determinant		2003-02-13
		From A student: I have to find the determinant of the following matrix -2 3 1 2 4 -3 0 -2 5 1 4 2 1 -3 5 2 3 4 -1 2 6 0 3 2 -4 Answered by Penny Nom.
	Expanding determinants using minors		2001-02-20
		From A student: Question: 1) Determinants by expansion by minors. i) | 1 2 1 2 1 | | 1 0 0 1 0 | | 0 1 1 0 1 | | 1 1 2 2 1 | | 0 1 1 0 2 | Answered by Harley Weston.
	order 4+ determinants		1999-12-06
		From Joe Kron: Why is it never shown how to calculate the value of 4x4 (or larger size) deteminants by the diagonal multiply methods that are generally shown for 2x2 and 3x3 determinants? The method I'm talking about is called Cramer's Rule??? Is this method not extensible to order 4+ and if not why not? Anyway the method always shown for order 4+ is called "reduction by minors" which is not the answer to this question. Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	Area of a triangle from vertex coordinates		1999-04-21
		From Mark Tyler: I'm no schoolkid, but I liked your answers about triangles. You might enjoy a quick look at this, the kids may too. I was working on a Voronoi dual where I had to calculate the areas of very many triangles expressed as vertex coordinates, so I derived the following very direct formula: A = abs((x1-x2)*(y1-y3)-(y1-y2)*(x1-x3)) for triangle (x1,y1)(x2,y2)(x3,y3) I've never seen this in a textbook. Is it original? I doubt it, the proof is only a few lines long. Regardless, it may be fun for the kids, even if it's not on the curriculum. Answered by Walter Whitley.
	Intersection of Planes		1998-12-03
		From Lindsay Fear: My name is Lindsay Fear. I am an OAC student (which is the Ontario equivalent to Grade 12 in most other states and provinces). I am in an Algebra and Geometry course and am currently studying a unit on equations of planes. Our teacher has given us this question that my friend and I have attempted several times, but we are still unable to solve it. My teacher has also suggested using the internet as a resource. The question is: Prove that a necessary condition that the three planes -x + ay + bz = 0 ax - y + cz = 0 bx + cy - z = 0 have a line in common is that a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + 2abc = 1 Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	Matrice		2006-02-01
		From Kader: mon probleme est le suivant soit deux matrices carrees A et B d'ordre n qui sont anticommutatives AB= -BA , demontrer que au moins une des deux matrices n'est pas inversible si n est impair. je n'arrive pas a utiliser le fait que n soit impair, trouver le rapport entre n impair et inverse des matrices, je pars sur la base de DETAB=DETA*DETB Answered by Claude Tardif.

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