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Find the value of the constant c that makes the determinant of the matrix matrix(3,3,[c,-4,3,2,1,c,4,1,2]) equal to 0. The closest values are: 0 1 -14.68114575, .681145748 -1, 0.68114575 0.681145748

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Carlos Rodriguez <carlos@math.albany.edu>

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