Question

Calculate the value for each determinant:

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Example of how to find the determinant of a 2×2 matrices is as shown;

`\left[\begin{array}{ccc}a&b\\c&d&\end{array}\right]`

= (a*d)-(b*c)

= ad - bc

Applying this to solve the given questions

1) (3*4) - (-3*-1)

= 12 - (3)

= 9

2) (-12*5)-(-1*12)

= -60 - (-12)

= -60+12

= -48

3) (0*4)-(-1*17)

= 0-(-17)

= 0+17

= 17

4) (8*-1)-(-4*-1)

= -8-(4)

= -8-4

= -12

5) (2*-1)-(2*-1)

= -2-(-2)

= -2+2

= 0

6) 1(1) - 0(0)

= 1 - 0

= 1