If $A_k=\left[\begin{array}{cc} k-1 & k \\ k-2 & k+1 \end{array}\right] $, then what is det(A1) + det(A2) + det(A3) + ... + det(A100) equal to ?

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A function is defined by$f(x)=\left|\begin{array}{ccc} x+1 & 2 & 3 \\ 2 & x+4 & 6 \\ 3 & 6 & x+9 \end{array}\right|$ .

The function is decreasing on :

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A function is defined by$f(x)=\left|\begin{array}{ccc} x+1 & 2 & 3 \\ 2 & x+4 & 6 \\ 3 & 6 & x+9 \end{array}\right|$ .

The function attains local minimum value at :

Let A be a matrix of order 3 × 3 and |A| = 4. If |2adj(3A)| = 2^α 3^β, then what is the value of (α + β)?