The roots of vmatrix x & a & b & 1 & x & b & 1 & & x & 1 & & & 1 vmatrix =0 are independent of

JEE Advanced Mathematics question

The roots of

are independent of

Answer: (B)

Apply (in this order, each using the old next row):

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