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Introduction to Determinants

Question

If $x \neq 0, y \neq 0, z \neq 0$ and $|\begin{array}{ccc} 1 + x & 1 & 1 \\ 1 + y & 1 + 2 y & 1 \\ 1 + z & 1 + z & 1 + 3 z \end{array}| = 0$ , then $x^{- 1} + y^{- 1} + z^{- 1}$ is equal to

Moderate

A

-1
B

-2
C

-3
D

none of these

Solution

$|\begin{array}{ccc} 1 + x & 1 & 1 \\ 1 + y & 1 + 2 y & 1 \\ 1 + z & 1 + z & 3 + 3 z \end{array}|$
$\begin{matrix} = xyz |\begin{array}{ccc} 1 + \frac{1}{x} & \frac{1}{x} & \frac{1}{x} \\ 1 + \frac{1}{y} & 2 + \frac{1}{y} & \frac{1}{y} \\ 1 + \frac{1}{z} & 1 + \frac{1}{z} & 3 + \frac{1}{z} \end{array}| \\ = xyz (3 + \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z}) |\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 + \frac{1}{y} & 2 + \frac{1}{y} & \frac{1}{y} \\ 1 + \frac{1}{z} & 1 + \frac{1}{z} & 3 + \frac{1}{z} \end{array}| \\ = xyz (3 + \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z}) |\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 1 + \frac{1}{y} & 1 & - 1 \\ 1 + \frac{1}{z} & 0 & 2 \end{array}| \\ = 2 xyz (3 + \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z}) \end{matrix}$
Hence, the given equation gives $x^{- 1} + y^{- 1} + z^{- 1} = - 3$ .

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