Let $A=\left[\begin{array}{ll}2 & 3 \\ a & 0\end{array}\right], a \in R$ be written as $P+Q$ where $P$ is a symmetric matrix and $Q$ is a skew-symmetric matrix. If $\operatorname{det}(Q)=9$,then the modulus of the sum of all possible values of the determinant of $P$ is equal to:

  • A
    $24$
  • B
    $18$
  • C
    $45$
  • D
    $36$

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