Let $$P = \left[ {\matrix{ 3 & { - 1} & { - 2} \cr 2 & 0 & \alpha \cr 3 & { - 5} & 0 \cr } } \right]$$, where $$\alpha$$ $$\in$$ R. Suppose $$Q = [{q_{ij}}]$$ is a matrix such that PQ = kl, where k $$\in$$ R, k $$\ne$$ 0 and I is the identity matrix of order 3. If $${q_{23}} = - {k \over 8}$$ and $$\det (Q) = {{{k^2}} \over 2}$$, then

The total number of distinct x $$\in$$ R for which

$$\left| {\matrix{ x & {{x^2}} & {1 + {x^3}} \cr {2x} & {4{x^2}} & {1 + 8{x^3}} \cr {3x} & {9{x^2}} & {1 + 27{x^3}} \cr } } \right| = 10$$ is ______________.

Let $$z = {{ - 1 + \sqrt 3 i} \over 2}$$, where $$i = \sqrt { - 1} $$, and r, s $$\in$$ {1, 2, 3}. Let $$P = \left[ {\matrix{ {{{( - z)}^r}} & {{z^{2s}}} \cr {{z^{2s}}} & {{z^r}} \cr } } \right]$$ and I be the identity matrix of order 2. Then the total number of ordered pairs (r, s) for which P² = $$-$$I is ____________.

Let $$\alpha$$, $$\beta$$ $$\in$$ R be such that $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} {{{x^2}\sin (\beta x)} \over {\alpha x - \sin x}} = 1$$. Then 6($$\alpha$$ + $$\beta$$) equals _________.