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 83: 53

Answer

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Work Step by Step

$\begin{bmatrix} 1& 0 \\ a&b\\ \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} 1& 0 \\ a&b\\ \end{bmatrix}= \begin{bmatrix} 1\cdot1+0\cdot a& 1\cdot0+0\cdot b \\ a\cdot1+b\cdot a &0\cdot a+b\cdot b\\ \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} 1& 0 \\ a+ab&b^2\\ \end{bmatrix}$ Thus we have two equations to satisfy: $a=a+ab$ and $b=b^2$. Thus we have $2$ cases: 1) $b=1$, the $a=a+a(1)=a+a=2a$, thus $b=1,a=0$. 2) $a=a+a(0)=a$, thus $a$ is a free variable, so the solution here is: $b=0,a$.
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