The value of a for which the system of equations ; $a^3x + (a +1)^3 y + (a + 2)^3 \, z = 0$ ,$ax + (a + 1) y + (a + 2)\, z = 0$ & $x + y + z = 0$ has a non-zero solution is :

If ${2^{{a_1}}},{2^{{a_2}}},{2^{{a_3}}},{......2^{{a_n}}}$ are in $G.P.$ then $\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
  {{a_1}}&{{a_2}}&{{a_3}} \\ 
  {{a_{n + 1}}}&{{a_{n + 2}}}&{{a_{n + 3}}} \\ 
  {{a_{2n + 1}}}&{{a_{2n + 2}}}&{{a_{2n + 3}}} 
\end{array}} \right|$ is equal to

If ${\Delta _1} = \left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}x&b&b\\a&x&b\\a&a&x\end{array}\,} \right|$ and ${\Delta _2} = \left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}x&b\\a&x\end{array}\,} \right|$ are the given determinants, then

$\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{a - 1}&a&{bc}\\{b - 1}&b&{ca}\\{c - 1}&c&{ab}\end{array}\,} \right| = $

The sum of distinct values of $\lambda$ for which the system of equations

$(\lambda-1) x+(3 \lambda+1) y+2 \lambda z=0$

$(\lambda-1) x+(4 \lambda-2) y+(\lambda+3) z=0$

$2 x+(3 \lambda+1) y+3(\lambda-1) z=0$

has non-zero solutions, is

Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers. The following system of equations in $x, y$  and $ z $ $\frac{{{x^2}}}{{{a^2}}} + \frac{{{y^2}}}{{{b^2}}} - \frac{{{z^2}}}{{{c^2}}} = 1$, $\frac{{{x^2}}}{{{a^2}}} - \frac{{{y^2}}}{{{b^2}}} + \frac{{{z^2}}}{{{c^2}}} = 1, - \frac{{{x^2}}}{{{a^2}}} + \frac{{{y^2}}}{{{b^2}}} + \frac{{{z^2}}}{{{c^2}}} = 1$ has