Answer:
(a) is 8 x 7 x 3 = 168
(b) is 8 x 7 = 56
(b2) is weird I don't know what it's asking
ANSWER
24
EXPLANATION
For a matrix A of order n×n, the cofactor
of element
is defined to be

is the minor of element
equal to the determinant of the matrix we get by taking matrix A and deleting row i and column j.
Here, we have

M₁₁ is the determinant of the matrix that is matrix A with row 1 and column 1 removed. The bold entries are the row and the column we delete.

Since the determinant of a 2×2 matrix is

it follows that

so 
If we simplify like terms on left and right sides we gwt
16x + 9 = 4x
Its B
Answer:
12(-3x + 2)
Step-by-step explanation:
-1/2 ( 32x - 40) - (20x - 4) = -16x + 20 - 20x + 4 = -36x + 24 = 6(-6x + 4) = 12(-3x + 2)
The correct way is to plug in the answer back into the equation and see if it results in the correct solution.