College Algebra (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32178-228-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-32178-228-1

Chapter 6 - Matrices and Determinants - Exercise Set 6.3 - Page 627: 85

Answer

See below.

Work Step by Step

$\begin{vmatrix} a_{11} & a_{12} \\ a_{21} & a_{22} \end{vmatrix}\begin{vmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{vmatrix}=\begin{vmatrix} a_{11} & a_{12} \\ a_{21} & a_{22} \end{vmatrix}$, thus the elements of the first matrix remain the same (because they are multiplied with the identity matrix.
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