Prove det$(AA^t)=nk^2$

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If $A$ is matrix from $M_{n-1,n}$ such that sum of all elements in row is zero.

Prove det$(AA^T)=nk^2$, for some $k\in\mathbb{Z}$.

I tried to solve it, but I’m really confused.

I know that $A[1, 1, \dots, 1]^t= 0 * [1, 1,\dots, 1]^t$

So zero is eigenvalue of $A$, so it's singular and $\det A=0$.

So $\det(AA^{T})=\det(A)\det(A^T)=\det(A)\det(A)=\det(A^2)=0$

Is this correct? Is there any other way to solve this? Thank you in advance.