Determinants and the Order of Matrix Multiplication

Showing that the determinant of a product of matrices is the product of determinants

Creating a symbolic matrix

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Creating a matrix of random  rational numbers

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Does the determinant of a product depend on the order of multiplication?

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However, the product of two matrices depends on which matrix is on the left and which is on the right

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