Monday, 26 September 2016

linear algebra - Determinant of Triangular Matrix

I understand that you can find the determinant of a matrix along it's diagonal if it is in triangular form. For a matrix such as this:
(150241020)


When put into triangular form I get:
(150011/6001/3)


Since I multiplied row two by -1/6 during the row reduction I would expect the determinant to be
111/3(1/6),

but the answer for the determinant of the original matrix is -2. Where exactly am I going wrong?

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