SOLUTION: evaluate the determent 0 0 0 8 4 4 8 1 5 4 1 7 7 5 4 4

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: evaluate the determent
0 0 0 8
4 4 8 1
5 4 1 7
7 5 4 4 This question is from textbook

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

There is a method to do this that involves breaking down the matrix to 4 3X3 matrices, and then breaking down each of those into 3 2X2 matrices, yada, yada, yada. Big pain in the sit-down.

Go to http://people.richland.edu/james/lecture/m116/matrices/determinant.html if you are really interested in the manual method.

Put your numbers into a square array in Excel, one number per cell. Then go find an empty cell and type, assuming you put your numbers in cells A1 through D4:

=MDETERM(A1:D4)

Then hit the enter key. You will get 256.

John