Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 8 - Section 8.3 - Matrix Operations and Their Applications - Exercise Set - Page 917: 28

Answer

a) $AB=\left[ \begin{matrix} -10 & 12 \\ 25 & -30 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$ b) $BA=\left[ \begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 9 & -40 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$

Work Step by Step

(a) $\begin{align} & AB=\left[ \begin{matrix} 3 & -2 \\ 1 & 5 \\ \end{matrix} \right]\left[ \begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 5 & -6 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} 3\left( 0 \right)-2\left( 5 \right) & 3\left( 0 \right)-2\left( -6 \right) \\ 1\left( 0 \right)+5\left( 5 \right) & 1\left( 0 \right)+5\left( -6 \right) \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} 0-10 & 0+12 \\ 0+25 & 0-30 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} -10 & 12 \\ 25 & -30 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \end{align}$ (b) $\begin{align} & BA=\left[ \begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 5 & -6 \\ \end{matrix} \right]\left[ \begin{matrix} 3 & -2 \\ 1 & 5 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} 0\left( 3 \right)+0\left( 1 \right) & 0\left( -2 \right)+0\left( 5 \right) \\ 5\left( 3 \right)-6\left( 1 \right) & 5\left( -2 \right)-6\left( 5 \right) \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} 0+0 & 0+0 \\ 15-6 & -10-30 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 9 & -40 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \end{align}$
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