The values of $a$ and $b$, for which the system of equations    $2 x+3 y+6 z=8$   ;  $x+2 y+a z=5$     ;  $3 x+5 y+9 z=b$  has no solution, are:

If $A \ne O$ and $B \ne O$ are $ n × n$ matrix such that $AB = O,$ then

Evaluate the determinants

$\left|\begin{array}{ccc}0 & 1 & 2 \\ -1 & 0 & -3 \\ -2 & 3 & 0\end{array}\right|$

If $\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{a\, + \,1}&{a\, + \,2}&{a\, + \,p}\\{a\, + \,2}&{a\, +\,3}&{a\, + \,q}\\{a\, + \,3}&{a\, + \,4}&{a\, + \,r}\end{array}} \right|$ $= 0$ , then $p, q, r$ are in :

Let $\alpha, \beta$ and $\gamma$ be real numbers such that the system of linear equations

$x+2 y+3 z=\alpha$

$4 x+5 y+6 z=\beta$

$7 x+8 y+9 z=\gamma-$

is consistent. Let $| M |$ represent the determinant of the matrix

$M=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}\alpha & 2 & \gamma \\ \beta & 1 & 0 \\ -1 & 0 & 1\end{array}\right]$

Let $P$ be the plane containing all those $(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ for which the above system of linear equations is consistent, and $D$ be the square of the distance of the point $(0,1,0)$ from the plane $P$.

($1$) The value of $| M |$ is

($2$) The value of $D$ is

Consider the system of linear equations

$-x+y+2 z=0$

$3 x-a y+5 z=1$

$2 x-2 y-a z=7$

Let $S_{1}$ be the set of all $\mathrm{a} \in {R}$ for which the system is inconsistent and $S_{2}$ be the set of all $a \in {R}$ for which the system has infinitely many solutions. If $n\left(S_{1}\right)$ and $n\left(S_{2}\right)$ denote the number of elements in $S_{1}$ and $\mathrm{S}_{2}$ respectively, then