C3 C2 + C3 (i.e. replace 3rd column by addition of 2nd and 3rd column)



Taking ab + bc + ac outside determinant



C1 C1 - C3 (i.e. replace 1st column by subtraction of 1st and 3rd column)



If any one of the rows or columns of a determinant is 0 then the value of that determinant is 0.


LHS = 0 = RHS



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