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Determinant of 2×2 matrix [[a, b], [c, d]]:
Aad - bc
Ba × d × b × c
Ca + d
Dab - cd
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. ad - bc
|A| = ad - bc for 2×2. Geometric meaning: signed area of parallelogram spanned by row vectors (or column vectors).
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