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Square matrices $A$ and $B$ have $\det A = 2$ and $\det B = -3$ . What is $\det(AB^{-1})$ , to three decimals?

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Square matrices AAA and BBB have det⁡A=2\det A = 2detA=2 and det⁡B=−3\det B = -3detB=−3. What is det⁡(AB−1)\det(AB^{-1})det(AB−1), to three decimals?

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Square matrices $A$ and $B$ have $\det A = 2$ and $\det B = -3$ . What is $\det(AB^{-1})$ , to three decimals?