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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The determinant of any matrix x can be negative?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

or is it always +ve? because of the absolute value?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Got the answer: A determinant is a number, it can be positive negative, zero.

OpenStudy (turingtest):

right, it can be positive, negative, or zero.

OpenStudy (jamesj):

Yes. It can be negative. Start with the identity matrix and change one of the diagonal 1s to -1.

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