If $A, B, C$  be the angles of a triangle, then $\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{ - 1}&{\cos C}&{\cos B}\\{\cos C}&{ - 1}&{\cos A}\\{\cos B}&{\cos A}&{ - 1}\end{array}\,} \right| = $

If $\left| \begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
{ - 2a}&{a + b}&{a + c}\\
{b + a}&{ - 2b}&{b + c}\\
{c + a}&{b + c}&{ - 2c}
\end{array}\right|$ $ = \alpha \left( {a + b} \right)\left( {b + c} \right)\left( {c + a} \right) \ne 0$ then $\alpha $ is equal to

Let $\lambda $ be a real number for which the system of linear equations $x + y + z = 6$
 ; $4x + \lambda y - \lambda z = \lambda - 2$ ; $3x + 2y -4z = -5$ Has indefinitely many solutions. Then $\lambda $ is a root of the quadratic equation

Evaluate the determinants

$\left|\begin{array}{ccc}
3 & -4 & 5 \\
1 & 1 & -2 \\
2 & 3 & 1
\end{array}\right|$

The number of solution of the following equations ${x_2} - {x_3} = 1,\,\, - {x_1} + 2{x_3} = - 2,$ ${x_1} - 2{x_2} = 3$ is

The number of values of $k $ for which the system of equations $(k + 1)x + 8y = 4k,$ $kx + (k + 3)y = 3k - 1$ has infinitely many solutions, is