Hint: In this exercise you have to use the following property: if a matrix V is obtained from a matrix U by multiplying 1 row or 1 column of U by a scalar k, then det(V) = k det(U).
Let M be the matrix
Complete the following:
a) The determinant of M can be expressed as 5det A, where A is the 3*3 matrix defined as
(Matrix A to be completed).
b) The determinant of A can be expressed as 3det B,where B is the 2*2 matrix defined as
(Matrix B to be completed)
c) The determinant of B is
d) Thus the determinant of M is