Why is the volume of a parallelepiped linear in each row in the matrix representation?

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In this question, the determinant of a matrix is explained to be a measure of the volume of a parallelepiped formed by using the columns in a matrix as vectors.

It is also noted that the determinant is linear in each row. We can represent this geometrically as the volume of a parallelpiped being the sum of the volumes of two other ones. Is there a geometric proof that the volume corresponding to these matrices is linear in this manner?