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 - Review Exercises - Page 98: 28

Answer

$$A =\left[ \begin {array}{cc} \frac{1}{4}&-1\\ 0&\frac{1}{2}\end {array} \right] .$$

Work Step by Step

Since $$((2A)^{-1})^{-1}=2A,$$ then by calculating the inverse of the matrix $ \left[ \begin {array}{cc}2&4\\0&1 \end {array} \right] $ we have $$2A=\left[ \begin {array}{cc} \frac{1}{2}&-2\\ 0&1\end {array} \right] .$$ Hence, $A$ is given by $$A=\frac{1}{2}\left[ \begin {array}{cc} \frac{1}{2}&-2\\ 0&1\end {array} \right]=\left[ \begin {array}{cc} \frac{1}{4}&-1\\ 0&\frac{1}{2}\end {array} \right] .$$
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