Scaling a row scales the determinant

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Homework Statement


http://puu.sh/1rcsO

I got the first one from a simple scaling, but I can not figure out the second one.

Homework Equations


Det(cA) = cDet(A)
Scaling a row scales the determinant
Adding rows/columns to each other does not affect the determinant
Det(AT) = Det A

The Attempt at a Solution


So, shouldn't I be able to scale http://puu.sh/1rcyZ by -2, and just add row 2 and row 3 by multiples of row 1 ? I actually don't even think this is even close to right because the column 1 and 3 won't resemble each other at all once the row operations are done...
 
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