Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-13311-087-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-13311-087-3

Chapter 2 - Matrices - 2.3 The Inverse of a Matrix - 2.3 Exercises - Page 72: 63

Answer

(a) the statement is true (b) the statement is false (c) the statement is true

Work Step by Step

(a) the statement is true because $BA=CA$ and $A$ is invertible, then $(BA)A^{-1}=(CA)A^{-1}$ thus $B(AA^{-1})=C(AA^{-1})$ and then $BI=CI$ Thus $B=C$ (b) the statement is false because Let the product $AB$ is invertible , then $(AB)^{-1}(AB)=I$ $(AB)^{-1}(AB)B^{-1}=IB^{-1}=B^{-1}$ so we have that $(AB)^{-1}AI=B^{-1}$ $(AB)^{-1}A=B^{-1}$ IMPLIES $(AB)^{-1}AA^{-1}=B^{-1}A^{-1}$ Thus $(AB)^{-1}I=B^{-1}A^{-1}$ Thus $(AB)^{-1}=B^{-1}A^{-1}$ (c) the statement is true because the identity matrix is nonsingular
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