Determinants and their relation to column operations and products

Determinant of the transpose equals the determinant of the original matrix; rescaling a column rescales the determinant by the same factor; interchanging two columns changes the sign of the determinant; adding multiple of one column to another leaves determinant unchanged; determinant of the product of two matrices equals product of the two determinants

Determinant of a Matrix - A First Course in Linear Algebra

Before we define the determinant of a matrix, we take a slight detour to introduce elementary matrices. These will bring us back to the beginning of the course and our old friend, row operations.