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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the geometric significance of the determinant?

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

a determinant can help you find the area of a parallelogram if you know the coordinates of the vertices you can cut the parallelogram in half to get a triangle

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

the idea is explained here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinant

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