Assignment 6: Problem 7 (1 point) Find $k$ such that the following matrix $M$ is singular. (A singular matrix is non-invertible.) $k = \begin{bmatrix} -4 & -4 & 4\\ -4 & -3 & 2\\ -15 + k & -1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$
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