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If AA is a square matrix of order 44 and ∣A∣=4|A|=4, then ∣2A∣|2 A| will be :

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

For determinants, when all elements of a matrix are multiplied by a scalar kk, the determinant gets multiplied by knk^n, where nn is the order of the matrix.

For any n×nn×n matrix AA and scalar kk: ∣kA∣=kn∣A∣|kA| = k^n|A|


In our problem:

∣2A∣=24⋅∣A∣|2A| = 2^4 · |A|

∣2A∣=16⋅4|2A| = 16 · 4

∣2A∣=64|2A| = 64

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