Prove or give a counterexample: For any r in real numbers, with n greater than or equal to 1, and matrix A in R^(n x n), one has det(r*A) = r*det(A).

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Prove or give a counterexample: For any r in real numbers, with n greater than or equal to 1, and matrix A in R^(n x n), one has det(r*A) = r*det(A). 

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