Is the Determinant of Vectors A, B, and C Non-Zero for Linear Independence?

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Show that a necessary and suffiecient condition that the vectors
A= A1i + A2j +A3k,
B=B1i + B2j + B3k,
C= C1i + C2j + C3k
be linearly independent is that the determinant |(A1&A2&A3@B1&B2&B3@C1&C2&C3)| be different from zero.
 
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