The number of distinct real roots of the equation $\begin{vmatrix} \cos x & \sin x & \sin x \\ \sin x & \cos x & \sin x \\ \sin x & \sin x & \cos x \end{vmatrix} = 0$ in the interval $\left[ -\frac{\pi}{4}, \frac{\pi}{4} \right]$ is

For real numbers $x, y$ and $z$,if $x \neq y \neq z$,$\left|\begin{array}{ccc}x & x^2 & 1+x^3 \\ y & y^2 & 1+y^3 \\ z & z^2 & 1+z^3\end{array}\right|=0$ and $\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1 & x & x^2 \\ 1 & y & y^2 \\ 1 & z & z^2\end{array}\right| \neq 0$,then $xyz = $ . . . . . . .

If $x$ is a positive integer,then $\Delta = \left| \begin{array}{ccc} x! & (x+1)! & (x+2)! \\ (x+1)! & (x+2)! & (x+3)! \\ (x+2)! & (x+3)! & (x+4)! \end{array} \right|$ is equal to

The value of $a$ for which the matrix $A = \begin{bmatrix} a & 2 \\ 2 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$ is singular is:

If $p{\lambda ^4} + q{\lambda ^3} + r{\lambda ^2} + s\lambda + t = \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{\lambda ^2} + 3\lambda }&{\lambda - 1}&{\lambda + 3}\\{\lambda + 1}&{2 - \lambda }&{\lambda - 4}\\{\lambda - 3}&{\lambda + 4}&{3\lambda }\end{array}} \right|$,the value of $t$ is

Let $P$ be a matrix of order $3 \times 3$ such that all the entries in $P$ are from the set $\{-1, 0, 1\}$. Then,the maximum possible value of the determinant of $P$ is: