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How to: Let's start with some 2x2 matrix, A = [a b; c d]. To find what we call the determinant of A, we find the following value: determinant = a*d - b*c Or, more generally: determinant = A(1, 1)*A(2, 2) - A(1, 2)*A(2, 1) To find the determinant of A dire

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