If ${a_1},{a_2}_. \ldots ..,{a_n}, \ldots ..,$ are in GP, then the determinant $\Delta = \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {\log {a_n}}&{\log {a_{n + 1}}}&{\log {a_{n + 2}}}\\ {\log {a_{n + 3}}}&{\log {a_{n + 4}}}&{\log {a_{n + 5}}}\\ {\log {a_{n + 6}}}&{\log {a_{n + 7}}}&{\log {a_{n + 8}}} \end{array}} \right|$ is equal to

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{a_1},{a_2}_. \ldots ..,{a_n}, \ldots ..,

are in GP, then the determinant

\Delta = \left| {\begin{array}{cccccccccccccccccccc} {\log {a_n}}&{\log {a_{n + 1}}}&{\log {a_{n + 2}}}\\ {\log {a_{n + 3}}}&{\log {a_{n + 4}}}&{\log {a_{n + 5}}}\\ {\log {a_{n + 6}}}&{\log {a_{n + 7}}}&{\log {a_{n + 8}}} \end{array}} \right|

is equal to

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Correct option: C

Option C (0) is correct because the rows (or columns) of the determinant become linearly dependent when the elements are in arithmetic progression.

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\left|\begin{array}{ccc}a & b-c & b+c \\ c+a & b & c-a \\ a-b & a+b & c\end{array}\right|=0

a, b, c

a x+b y+c=0

{x_2} - {x_3} = 1,\; - {x_1} + 2{x_3} = - 2,\;{x_1} - 2,\;{x_1} - 2{x_2} = 3

2x + 3y + 1 = 0,3x + y - 2 = 0

ax + 2y - b = 0

\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1 & \left(\alpha^{2 x}-\alpha^{-2 x}\right)^2 & \left(\alpha^{2 x}+\alpha^{-2 x}\right)^2 \\ 1 & \left(\beta^{2 x}-\beta^{-2 x}\right)^2 & \left(\beta^{2 x}+\beta^{-2 x}\right)^2 \\ 1 & \left(\gamma^{2 x}-\gamma^{-2 x}\right)^2 & \left(\gamma^{2 x}+\gamma^{-2 x}\right)^2\end{array}\right|

\omega

\left| {\begin{array}{cccccccccccccccccccc} 1&\omega &{{\omega ^2}}\\ \omega &{{\omega ^2}}&1\\ {{\omega ^2}}&1&\omega \end{array}} \right|

A

2 \times 2

A(\operatorname{adj} A)=\left[\begin{array}{cc}10 & 0 \\ 0 & 10\end{array}\right]

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