Mathematics Matrices 1 Mark
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If $A = \begin{bmatrix} a & c & -1 \\ b & 0 & 5 \\ 1 & -5 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ is a skew-symmetric matrix, then the value of $2a - (b + c)$ is: (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) -10 (D) 10