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What is the determinant of a 2x2 matrix A = [[a, b], [c, d]]

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What is the determinant of a 2x2 matrix A = [[a, b], [c, d]]

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The determinant of a 2x2 matrix A = [[a, b], [c, d]] is calculated as follows:

Step 1: Multiply the elements of the main diagonal (from top left to bottom right), i.e., a*d.

Step 2: Multiply the elements of the other diagonal (from top right to bottom left), i.e., b*c.

Step 3: Subtract the product of step 2 from the product of step 1.

So, the determinant of the matrix A is (ad) - (bc).

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