Show that the points (1, 2), (3, 6) and (5, 10) are collinear using a determinant.
Determinants
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
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Expanding gives 1(45 − 48) − 2(36 − 42) + 3(32 − 35) = −3 + 12 − 9 = 0. The rows are in arithmetic progression, so they are linearly dependent.
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