College Algebra (11th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.8 - Matrix Inverses - 5.8 Exercises: 12

Answer

$\begin{bmatrix} 0 &\frac{1}{2} \\ -1 & \frac{1}{2} \end{bmatrix}$

Work Step by Step

Let us suppose that $P$ is the given matrix. First we check if the inverse exists: $det P=\begin{vmatrix} 1 & -1 \\ 2 & 0 \end{vmatrix}=1(0)-2(-1)=2$ Since $det P\not=0$, the inverse exists. We will apply the formula for the inverse of $ 2\times 2$ matrix to obtain: $P^{-1}=\dfrac{1}{det P} \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ -2 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$ $=\dfrac{1}{2} \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ -2 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$ $=\begin{bmatrix} 0 &\frac{1}{2} \\ -1 & \frac{1}{2} \end{bmatrix}$
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