Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32196-467-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32196-467-0

Chapter 3 - Determinants - 3.5 Chapter Review - Additional Problems - Page 243: 14

Answer

-8

Work Step by Step

If A and B are $4×4$ matrices, then: $\det(AB)=\det(A).\det(B)$ Also $\det(A^T)=\det(A)$ and if $\det(A) \ne 0$ then $det(A^{−1})=\frac{1}{\det(A)}$ Hence here, $\det(((A^{−1}B)^T)(2B^{−1}))$ $=\det((A^{−1}B)^T)\det(2B^{−1}))$ $=\det(A^{-1}B)2^4\det(B^{-1})$ $=16\det(A^{-1}).\det(B)\det(B^{-1})$ $=1\frac{1}{\det(A)}\det (B). \frac{1}{\det (B)}$ $=\frac{16}{\det (A)}=\frac{16}{-2}=-8$
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