Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Determinants - 3.3 Cofactor Expansions - True-False Review - Page 232: h

Answer

True

Work Step by Step

Let $A=\begin{bmatrix} a_{11} & a_{12} \\a_{21} & a_{22} \end{bmatrix}$ and $B=\begin{bmatrix} b_{11} & b_{12} \\b_{21} & b_{22} \end{bmatrix}$ be $2 × 2$ matrices Then $A+B=\begin{bmatrix} a_{11} & a_{12} \\a_{21} & a_{22} \end{bmatrix}+\begin{bmatrix} b_{11} & b_{12} \\b_{21} & b_{22} \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} a_{11}+b_{11} & a_{12}+b_{12} \\a_{21}+b_{21} & a_{22}+b_{22} \end{bmatrix}$ We have $adj(A)=\begin{bmatrix} a_{22} & -a_{12} \\-a_{21} & a_{11} \end{bmatrix}\\ adj(B)=\begin{bmatrix} b_{22} & -b_{12} \\-b_{21} & b_{11} \end{bmatrix}\\ \rightarrow adj(A)+adj(B)=\begin{bmatrix} a_{22} & -a_{12} \\-a_{21} & a_{11} \end{bmatrix}+\begin{bmatrix} b_{22} & -b_{12} \\-b_{21} & b_{11} \end{bmatrix}\\ =\begin{bmatrix} a_{22}+b_{22} & -a_{12}-b_{12} \\-a_{21}-b_{21} & a_{11}+b_{11} \end{bmatrix}\\ =\begin{bmatrix} a_{22}+b_{22} & -(a_{12}+b_{12}) \\-(a_{21}+b_{21}) & a_{11}+b_{11} \end{bmatrix}$ Thus, we can see that $C_{11}=a_{22}+b_{22}\\ C_{12}=-(a_{21}+b_{21})\\ C_{21}=-(a_{22}+b_{22})\\ C_{11}=a_{11}+b_{11}\\ adj(A+B)=\begin{bmatrix} a_{22}+b_{22} & -(a_{12}+b_{12}) \\-(a_{21}+b_{21}) & a_{11}+b_{11} \end{bmatrix}$ Consequently, $adj(A)+adj(B)=adj(A+B)$
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