College Algebra (11th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.7 - Properties of Matrices - 5.7 Exercises - Page 554: 44

Answer

$\begin{bmatrix} \frac{9}{2} &1\\-4&\frac{9}{4}\end{bmatrix} $

Work Step by Step

When we multiply a scalar $k$ with a matrix $A$, then the product will be the matrix $kA$, each of whose elements is $k$ times the corresponding element of $A$. Our aim is to compute $\dfrac{3}{4}A-B$, so for this we will multiply each element of the matrix $A$ by $\frac{3}{4}$ and every element of $B$ by $-1$, then subtract them . Therefore, we have: \begin{align*} \frac{3}{4}A-B&=\frac{3}{4} \begin{bmatrix} -2 &4\\0&3\end{bmatrix} - \begin{bmatrix} -6 &2\\4&0\end{bmatrix}\\ \\&=\begin{bmatrix} -\frac{3}{2} & 3\\0&\frac{9}{4}\end{bmatrix} -\begin{bmatrix} -6 &2\\4&0\end{bmatrix}\\ \\&=\begin{bmatrix} -\frac{3}{2}-(-6) \quad&3-2\\0-4\quad&\frac{9}{4}-0\end{bmatrix}\\ \\&=\begin{bmatrix} -\frac{3}{2}+6 \quad&1\\-4\quad&\frac{9}{4}\end{bmatrix}\\ \\&=\begin{bmatrix} \frac{9}{2} &1\\-4&\frac{9}{4}\end{bmatrix} \end{align*}
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