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 73: 70

Answer

See the proof below.

Work Step by Step

Since $ABC=I$, then $|ABC|=|I|=1$ Since $|ABC|=|A||B||C|$ , then $|A||B||C|=1$ and this implies that $|A|\ne0$ , $ |B|\ne0$ , $|C|\ne0$ Then the matrices $A$, $B$ and $C$ are invertible and then we have that $(A(BC))^{-1}=I^{-1}$ implies that $(BC)^{-1} A^{-1}=C^{-1}B^{-1} A^{-1}=I $ Thus, by multiplying with $C$ of the last relation, we have that $ (C C^{-1})(B^{-1} A^{-1})=CI =C $ Thus $ I(B^{-1} A^{-1})=B^{-1} A^{-1}=C $ and then we have, by multiplying with the matrix $A$: $B^{-1} A^{-1}A=B^{-1} I=B^{-1} =CA$ Therefore, $B^{-1} =CA$
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