Determinant of Scaled Matrix

Problem

Compute the determinant of c*A for a square matrix A of size 1, 2, or 3.

Scaling an n x n matrix by c multiplies its determinant by c^n. Return the determinant as a number.

Hint

det(c*A) = c^n * det(A) for an n x n matrix.

case 1

in: [[[1,2],[3,4]],2]

expected: -8

case 2

in: [[[1,2],[3,4]],0]

expected: 0

case 3

in: [[[2,0,1],[0,3,0],[1,0,2]],-1]

expected: -9

case 4

in: [[[3]],5]

expected: 15

case 5

in: [[[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,10]],1]

expected: -3

Starter codePython

def determinant_scaled_matrix(A, c):
    # Your code here
    pass

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