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Finding the Determinants for Matrix

The question: https://gyazo.com/005997e8069185fb56235fe15ef10e0e

I did manage to successfully find the answers for AB, |A| and |B| and |AB| but I'm having some difficulty in properly re-arranging the answer for |AB| to equal |A||B|.
For |A||B| I got (ad-bc)(eh-fg) and for |AB| it was (ae+bg)(cf+ch) - (af+bh)(ce+dg)

Not exactly sure how I'm supposed to completely simplify it to get |A||B|
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Original post by OJ Emporium
The question: https://gyazo.com/005997e8069185fb56235fe15ef10e0e

I did manage to successfully find the answers for AB, |A| and |B| and |AB| but I'm having some difficulty in properly re-arranging the answer for |AB| to equal |A||B|.
For |A||B| I got (ad-bc)(eh-fg) and for |AB| it was (ae+bg)(cf+ch) - (af+bh)(ce+dg)

Not exactly sure how I'm supposed to completely simplify it to get |A||B|


The only thing you can realistically do is to expand and simplify both versions and show that they are the same. However, you have a small error in you expression for |AB|. Check the term (cf+ch) - it should be slightly different.
Original post by Pangol
The only thing you can realistically do is to expand and simplify both versions and show that they are the same. However, you have a small error in you expression for |AB|. Check the term (cf+ch) - it should be slightly different.

Most certainly did not see that error, thank you for the heads up

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