Pls solve these 2 questions for me:-

 

Q: Without expanding, evaluat the determinant:

 

1.  1   3   9   27

     3  9  27  1

     9  27 1  3

     27  1  3  9

 

2)  67  19  21

     39  13  14

      81  24  26

By the property of determinant, if each element of a column of a determinant is expressed as the sum of two terms, the determinant can be expressed as the sum of two determinants.

Therefore,

 

 

Now, use minors to calculate the value of the determinant. Consider column one and let its elements be a1, a2, a3 . thus their corresponding minors are A1, A2 and A3. 

substituting the values, we get,

a1A1-a2A2+a3A3

thus, the second term = 0 , that is 

10A1-0A2+9A3

Also, we find the minors A1 and A3 by eliminating from the determinant the row and column that a1 and a3 are calculated.

 

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