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Q : 6 Prove that $\begin{vmatrix} a^2 &bc &ac+a^2 \\ a^2+ab & b^2 & ac\\ ab &b^2+bc &c^2 \end{vmatrix}=4a^2b^2c^2$ .

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Given matrix $\begin{vmatrix} a^2 &bc &ac+a^2 \\ a^2+ab & b^2 & ac\\ ab &b^2+bc &c^2 \end{vmatrix}$

Taking common factors a,b and c from the column $C_{1}, C_{2}, and\ C_{3}$ respectively.

we have;

$\triangle = abc\begin{vmatrix} a &c &a+c \\ a+b & b & a\\ b &b+c &c \end{vmatrix}$

Applying $R_{2} \rightarrow R_{2}-R_{1}\ and\ R_{3} \rightarrow R_{3} - R_{1}$ , we have;

$\triangle = abc\begin{vmatrix} a &c &a+c \\ b & b-c &-c\\ b-a &b &-a \end{vmatrix}$

Then applying $R_{2} \rightarrow R_{2}+R_{1}$ , we get;

$\triangle = abc\begin{vmatrix} a &c &a+c \\ a+b & b &a\\ b-a &b &-a \end{vmatrix}$

Applying $R_{3} \rightarrow R_{3}+R_{2}$ , we have;

$\triangle = abc\begin{vmatrix} a &c &a+c \\ a+b & b &a\\ 2b &2b &0 \end{vmatrix} = 2ab^2c\begin{vmatrix} a &c &a+c \\ a+b & b &a\\ 1 &1 &0 \end{vmatrix}$

Now, applying column transformation; $C_{2} \rightarrow C_{2 }-C_{1}$ , we have

$\triangle = 2ab^2c\begin{vmatrix} a &c-a &a+c \\ a+b & -a &a\\ 1 &0 &0 \end{vmatrix}$

So we can now expand the remaining determinant along $R_{3}$ we have;

$\triangle = 2ab^2c\left [ a(c-a)+a(a+c) \right ]$

$= 2ab^2c\left [ ac-a^2+a^2+ac) \right ] = 2ab^2c\left [ 2ac \right ]$

$= 4a^2b^2c^2$

Hence proved.

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