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: 3

Answer

Yes, it is indeed elementary.

Work Step by Step

This is an elementary matrix because we can produce an identity matrix by simply performing one-row operation. The row operation we can use in this case is $R_{2}=R_{2}-2*R_{1}$ to get $I_{2}$.
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