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If $A$ and $B$ are invertible matrices of order $3, | A | = 2$ and $∣ ∣ {(A B)}^{- 1} ∣ ∣ = - \frac{1}{6}$ Find $| B |$

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A & B are invertible matrices
$∴ | A |$ or $| B | \neq 0$
and $| A | = 2$
$∣ ∣ (A B)^{- 1} ∣ ∣ = \frac{- 1}{6}; | B | = ?$
since $∣ ∣ (A B)^{- 1} ∣ ∣ = \frac{- 1}{6}$
$∴ ∣ ∣ B^{- 1} A^{- 1} ∣ ∣ = \frac{- 1}{6}$
$∣ ∣ B^{- 1} ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ A^{- 1} ∣ ∣ = \frac{- 1}{6}$
$[(A B)^{- 1} = B^{- 1} A^{- 1} (∣ ∣ A^{- 1} ∣ ∣ = \frac{1}{A})$
$(∣ ∣ B^{- 1} A^{- 1} ∣ ∣ = ∣ ∣ B^{- 1} ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ A^{- 1} ∣ ∣)]$
$∣ ∣ B^{- 1} ∣ ∣ \frac{1}{2} = \frac{- 1}{6} ∴ ∣ ∣ B^{- 1} ∣ ∣ = \frac{- 1}{3}$
$∴ | B | = \frac{1}{| B^{- 1} |} = - 3$
$∴ | B | = - 3$

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