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If every element in one column of a 2 x 2 matrix is 0, but all other elements in the matrix are nonzero, the
determinant of the matrix is 0.

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The determinant of a matrix with a column of all zeros is always 0, because the determinant is calculated by subtracting the product of the diagonals, and one of those products will always be 0 in this case.

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