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 - 2.4 Elementary Matrices - 2.4 Exercises - Page 82: 23

Answer

$A^{-1}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}0 & 1 \\ -1 / 2 & 3 / 2\end{array}\right]$

Work Step by Step

Given $A=\left[\begin{array}{cc} 3 & -2\\ 1 & 0 \end{array}\right]$ The Matrix Operation is $\quad R_{1} \leftrightarrow R_{2} \quad $ to get $ \left[\begin{array}{cc}1 & 0 \\ 3 & -2\end{array}\right] $ the Elementary matrix $ E_{1}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0\end{array}\right]$ The Matrix Operation is $ \quad R_{2}-3 R_{1} \rightarrow R_{2} \quad$ to get $\left[\begin{array}{cc}1 & 0 \\ 0 & -2\end{array}\right] $ the Elementary matrix $E_{2}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}1 & 0 \\ -3 & 1\end{array}\right]$ The Matrix Operation is $ \quad \frac{-R_{2}}{2} \rightarrow R_{2} \quad$ to get $\left[\begin{array}{cc}1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1\end{array}\right]$ the Elementary matrix is $E_{3}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 / 2\end{array}\right]$ $\therefore A^{-1}=E_{3} E_{2} E_{1}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 / 2\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{cc}1 & 0 \\ -3 & 1\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{cc}0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{cc}0 & 1 \\ -1 / 2 & 3 / 2\end{array}\right]$
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