Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-13311-087-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-13311-087-3

Chapter 2 - Matrices - 2.1 Operations with Matrices - 2.1 Exercises - Page 50: 65

Answer

$4$

Work Step by Step

$A=\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 0 & 2 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & -1 & 2 \\ 4 & 2 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 5 & 1 \\ \end{matrix} \right] $ To find the trace of a matrix calculate the sum of the main diagonal entries. $Tr(A)=1+1+1+1=4$
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