Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

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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: 26

Answer

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

Work Step by Step

Denote the Elementary Matrix $E_{i}$ and the number of row of the matrix is $R_{i}$ Using the Matrix Operation to get \[ \begin{array}{c} {\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & -2 \\ 0 & 1 & \frac{1}{2} \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right]} & \frac{R_{2}}{2} \rightarrow R_{2} \quad E_{1}=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & \frac{1}{2} & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right] \\ {\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & \frac{1}{2} \\ 0 & 1 & 1 \end{array}\right]} & R_{1}+2 R_{3} \rightarrow R_{1} \quad E_{2}=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 2 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right] \\ {\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right]} & R_{2}-\frac{R_{3}}{2} \rightarrow R_{2} \quad E_{3}=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & -\frac{1}{2} \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right] \end{array} \] $\begin{aligned} \therefore A^{-1} &=E_{3} E_{2} E_{1} \\ &=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & -\frac{1}{2} \\ 0 & 0 & 1\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 0 & 2 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & \frac{1}{2} & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1\end{array}\right] \\ &=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & -\frac{1}{2} \\ 0 & 0 & 1\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 0 & 2 \\ 0 & \frac{1}{2} & 0 \\ 0 & 0 &1\end{array}\right] \end{aligned} $ then $A^{-1} =\left[\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 0 & 2 \\ 0 & \frac{1}{2} & -1/2 \\ 0 & 0 & 1\end{array}\right]$
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