High School · Vector and Matrix Quantities

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSN.VM.C.12

(+) Work with 2 × 2 matrices as transformations of the plane, and interpret the absolute value of the determinant in terms of area.

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Lessons that teach this standard

• Matrices as Transformations of the Plane

  How a 2×2 matrix moves every vector in the plane, why its columns show where the whole plane goes, and why the determinant measures how it scales area.