Question 122Asked in CIL MT Systems, 24 Aug 2026 (3:00 PM, CBT-26)

Which of the following correctly represents the cofactor expansion of a 3x3 determinant along the first row?

  1. ASum of only diagonal elements times their cofactors
  2. BSum of each element of the first row times its corresponding cofactor
  3. CDifference of elements of the first row and their cofactors
  4. DSum of elements of the first column times their cofactors
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Correct answer: (B) Sum of each element of the first row times its corresponding cofactor

From CIL MT Systems PYQ, 24 Aug 2026 (3:00 PM, CBT-26)

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