College Algebra (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32178-228-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-32178-228-1

Chapter 6 - Matrices and Determinants - Exercise Set 6.4 - Page 640: 44

Answer

$A^{-1}=\left[\begin{array}{ll} e^{-2x}/2 & -e^{-3x}/2\\ -e^{-x}/2 & e^{-2x}/2 \end{array}\right]$

Work Step by Step

If $A=\left[\begin{array}{ll} a & b\\ c & d \end{array}\right]$, then $A^{-1}=\displaystyle \frac{1}{ad-bc}\left[\begin{array}{ll} d & -b\\ -c & a \end{array}\right]$. ---------------------- $ad-bc=e^{2x}e^{2x}-(-e^{x})(e^{3x})=e^{4x}+e^{4x}=2e^{4x}$ $ A^{-1}=\displaystyle \frac{1}{2e^{4x}}\left[\begin{array}{ll} e^{2x} & e^{x}\\ -e^{3x} & e^{2x} \end{array}\right]=\displaystyle \qquad$ ... $ \displaystyle \frac{e^{M}}{e^{N}}=e^{M-N}$ $=\left[\begin{array}{ll} e^{2x-4x}/2 & e^{x-4x}/2\\ -e^{3x-4x}/2 & e^{2x-4x}/2 \end{array}\right]$ $A^{-1}=\left[\begin{array}{ll} e^{-2x}/2 & -e^{-3x}/2\\ -e^{-x}/2 & e^{-2x}/2 \end{array}\right]$ Check: $AA^{-1}=\left[\begin{array}{ll} e^{2x} & -e^{x}\\ e^{3x} & e^{2x} \end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{ll} e^{-2x}/2 & -e^{-3x}/2\\ -e^{-x}/2 & e^{-2x}/2 \end{array}\right]$ $=\left[\begin{array}{ll} e^{0}/2+e^{0}/2 & -e^{-x}/2+e^{-x}/2\\ -e^{-x}/2+e^{-x}/2 & e^{0}/2+e^{0}/2 \end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{ll} 1 & 0\\ 0 & 1 \end{array}\right]$
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