College Algebra (6th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0-32178-228-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-32178-228-1

Chapter 6 - Matrices and Determinants - Exercise Set 6.4 - Page 639: 20

Answer

$A^{-1}=\left[\begin{array}{lll} 1/3 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 1/6 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 1/9 \end{array}\right]$

Work Step by Step

1. Form $[A|I] $ 2. Row operations: $\left[\begin{array}{lllllll} 3 & 0 & 0 & | & 1 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 6 & 0 & | & 0 & 1 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 9 & | & 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right]\left\{\begin{array}{l} \div 3\\ \div 6\\ \div 9 \end{array}\right.$ $\left[\begin{array}{lllllll} 1 & 0 & 0 & | & 1/3 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 1 & 0 & | & 0 & 1/6 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 1 & | & 0 & 0 & 1/9 \end{array}\right]$ 3. We have obtained $[I|B], B=A^{-1}$ $A^{-1}=\left[\begin{array}{lll} 1/3 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 1/6 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 1/9 \end{array}\right]$
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