as you said, it is 7.
Not sure how your determinant looks. Each row needs four elements ...
Expand by minors to evaluate it.
If a 4×4 matrix A with rows v1, v2, v3, and v4 has determinant detA=7,
row 1 [ v1]
row 2 [ 4v2 + 9v4 ]
row 3 [ v3 ]
row 4 [3v2 + 2v4 ]
what is the det of this matrix?
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