Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-13311-087-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-13311-087-3

Chapter 3 - Determinants - 3.3 Properties of Determinants - 3.3 Exercises - Page 126: 51

Answer

$|A^{2}|=25$ , $|B^{2}|=9$, $|A^{3}|=-125$ and $|B^{4}|=81$

Work Step by Step

For the square matrices A and B of order 4 with $|A|=-5$ and $|B|=3$ We have: $|A^{2}|=|A||A|=25$ , $|B^{2}|=|B||B|=9$, $|A^{3}|=|A||A||A|=-125$ and $|B^{4}|=|B^{2}||B^{2}|=81$
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