document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=72186>Question 72186</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the determinate of the matrix<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(8 + 4a  4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5 + 3a  3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Possible answers are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a.) 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.) 44<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c.) 4 + 24a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d.) 44 + 24a  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(5 + 3a 3) <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=(8+4a)*3 - 4(5+3a) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 24+12a -20-12a\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 4\r<BR>\n" );
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