Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Seventh Edition

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.6 - Matrices - Exercises - Page 184: 11

Answer

If both $AB$ and $BA$ are defined, the number of rows of $A$ must be equal to the number of columns of $B$, and vice versa.

Work Step by Step

If the size of $A$ is $a_r\times a_c$ and the size of $B$ is $b_r\times b_c$, $a_c=b_r$ because $AB$ is defined and $a_r=b_c$ because $BA$ is defined.
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