JCECE Engineering JCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2003

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    \[\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & a & {{a}^{2}}-bc  \\    1 & b & {{b}^{2}}-ac  \\    1 & c & {{c}^{2}}-ac  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\]is equal to:

    A) \[0\]

    B) \[{{a}^{3}}+{{b}^{3}}+{{c}^{3}}-3abc\]

    C) \[3abc\]

    D) \[{{(a+b+c)}^{3}}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Let\[\Delta =\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & a & {{a}^{2}}-bc  \\    1 & b & {{b}^{2}}-ac  \\    1 & c & {{c}^{2}}-ab  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\] Applying\[({{R}_{2}}\to {{R}_{2}}-{{R}_{1}},\,\,{{R}_{3}}\to {{R}_{3}}-{{R}_{1}})\]                 \[=\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & a & {{a}^{2}}-bc  \\    0 & b-a & (b-a)(a+b+c)  \\    0 & c-a & (c-a)(a+b+c)  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\]                 \[=(b-a)(c-a)\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & a & {{a}^{2}}-bc  \\    0 & 1 & a+b+c  \\    0 & 1 & a+b+c  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\]                 \[=0\]       \[(\because \]two rows are identical)


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