Provide an appropriate response.Consider the matrixA = Without using a calculator, determine whether A-1 exists. Explain your reasoning.

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Expanding by the third column,
det A = 3  + 0 + 0 = -69 ? 0.
Since det A ? 0, A-1 exists.

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