If $\left|\begin{array}{ccc}a-b-c & 2 a & 2 a \\ 2 b & b-c-a & 2 b \\ 2 c & 2 c & c-a-b\end{array}\right|$…

If $\left|\begin{array}{ccc}a-b-c & 2 a & 2 a \\ 2 b & b-c-a & 2 b \\ 2 c & 2 c & c-a-b\end{array}\right|$ $=(a+b+c)(x+a+b+c)^{2}, x \neq 0$ and $a+b+c \neq 0,$ then $x$ is equal to
  1. abc
  2. $-(a+b+c)$
  3. $2(a+b+c)$
  4. $-2(a+b+c)$

Solution

$\Delta=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}a-b-c & 2 a & 2 a \\ 2 b & b-c-a & 2 b \\ 2 c & 2 c & c-a-b\end{array}\right|$ $R_{1} \rightarrow R_{1}+R_{2}+R$ $\Delta=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}a+b+c & a+b+c & a+b+c \\ 2 b & b-c-a & 2 b \\ 2 c & 2 c & c-a-b\end{array}\right|$ $=(a+b+c)\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 1 & 1 \\ 2 b & b-c-a & 2 b \\ 2 c & 2 c & c-a-b\end{array}\right|$ $\begin{array}{l} C_{1} \rightarrow C_{1}-C_{y}, C_{2} \rightarrow C_{2}-C_{3} \\ \Delta=(a+b+c)\left|\begin{array}{ccc} 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & -b-c-a & 2 b \\ c+a+b & c+a+b & c-a-b \end{array}\right| \end{array}$ $=(a+b+c)(a+b+c)^{2}$ Hence, $x=-2(a+b+c)$

Asked in: JEE Main 2019 (11 Jan Shift 2)

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