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Solution

The volume is equal to the absolute value of the detrminant of matrix $A=\left[ \begin{array}{rrr}
3&2&1 \\
-1& 3&0\\
2&2&5 \end {array}
\right]
$. Since $\det(A) = 47 $, the volume of the parallelopied is 47 cubic units.



Ali A. Daddel 2000-09-15