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: 69

Answer

$Ab=BA$ if and only if $x=-y$ and $w=z$.

Work Step by Step

Since we have $$AB=\left[\begin{array}{cc}{w} &{x} \\{y}& {z} \end{array}\right] \left[\begin{array}{cc}{1} &{1} \\{-1}& {1} \end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{cc}{w-x} &{w+x} \\{y-z}& {y+z} \end{array}\right],$$ $$BA=\left[\begin{array}{cc}{1} &{1} \\{-1}& {1} \end{array}\right] \left[\begin{array}{cc}{w} &{x} \\{y}& {z} \end{array}\right] =\left[\begin{array}{cc}{w+y} &{x+z} \\{y-w}& {z-x} \end{array}\right].$$ Then, $Ab=BA$ if and only if $x=-y$ and $w=z$.
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