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A transformation T:R2R2T: \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}^2 scales the area of any region by a factor of kk. If the transformation is given by the matrix M=(3124)M = \begin{pmatrix} 3 & 1 \\ 2 & 4 \end{pmatrix}, what is kk?