1. What is the determinant of a 2×2 matrix [[a,b],[c,d]]?
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Explanation:
Determinant of [[a,b],[c,d]] is ad-bc.
2. The determinant of an identity matrix of any order is:
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Explanation:
Determinant of the identity matrix is always 1.
3. If two rows (or columns) of a determinant are identical, then its value is:
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If two rows or columns are identical, the determinant value is 0.
4. What is the result of interchanging two rows (or columns) of a determinant?
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Interchanging two rows or columns changes the sign of the determinant.
5. The determinant of a singular matrix is:
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A matrix is singular if its determinant is zero.
6. If each element of a row (or column) of a determinant is multiplied by 'k', the determinant:
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The determinant value gets multiplied by the factor 'k'.
7. If A is a matrix of order 3×3, the determinant of 2A is:
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The determinant gets multiplied by 2^3 = 8.
8. If det(A) = 5, then the determinant of its inverse, det(A^(-1)), is:
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det(A^(-1)) is the reciprocal of det(A).
9. For any matrix A, det(At) is:
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The determinant of the transpose of A is the same as the determinant of A.
10. If two matrices A and B are of the same order, then det(A+B) is:
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The determinant of the sum is not generally the sum of the determinants.
11. A determinant remains unchanged if:
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This means taking the transpose, which doesn’t change the determinant value.
12. For any 2×2 matrix [[a,b],[c,d]], if det(A) = 0, then:
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Because ad-bc = 0.
13. If A and B are both 3×3 matrices, then det(AB) is:
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The determinant of the product is the product of the determinants.
14. The determinant value of the matrix [[2,4],[1,2]] is:
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Using the formula, 2*2 – 4*1 = 0.
15. If a determinant has a row of zeros, its value is:
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Any determinant with a full row or column of zeros has a value of 0.
16. If B is obtained from A by adding a row of A multiplied by k to another row, then det(B) is:
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Elementary row operations of this type don't change the determinant.
17. For a triangular matrix (either lower or upper triangular), the determinant is:
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For a triangular matrix, the determinant is the product of its diagonal elements.
18. The value of the determinant [[0,1,2],[3,4,5],[6,7,8]] is:
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This determinant has two identical rows when expanded, making its value 0.
19. If A is a 3×3 matrix and k is a scalar, then det(kA) is:
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For a 3×3 matrix, the factor k is raised to the power of the order.
20. The determinant value of the 2×2 zero matrix is:
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The determinant of the zero matrix is always 0.