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Determinants
Example 1
Evaluate
\(|\begin{smallmatrix}2&4\\ -1&2\end{smallmatrix}|\)
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Solution
We have
\(|\begin{smallmatrix}2&4\\ -1&2\end{smallmatrix}|=2(2)-4(-1)=4+4=8\)
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