SOLUTION: Evaluate the determinate in the matrix. |7 9| |-2 -5|

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Question 638757: Evaluate the determinate in the matrix.
|7 9|
|-2 -5|

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Do it like this one:
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Evaluate the determinate [determinant] in the matrix.
|1 -3|
|-8 2|
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Det = 1*2 - (-8*-3) = 2 - 24
= -22

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