Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 8 - Section 8.3 - Matrix Operations and Their Applications - Exercise Set - Page 917: 29

Answer

a) $AB=\left[ 30 \right]$ b) $BA=\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\ 2 & 4 & 6 & 8 \\ 3 & 6 & 9 & 12 \\ 4 & 8 & 12 & 16 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$

Work Step by Step

(a) $\begin{align} & AB=\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\ \end{matrix} \right]\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 \\ 2 \\ 3 \\ 4 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ 1\left( 1 \right)+2\left( 2 \right)+3\left( 3 \right)+4\left( 4 \right) \right] \\ & =\left[ 1+4+9+16 \right] \\ & =\left[ 30 \right] \end{align}$ (b) $\begin{align} & BA=\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 \\ 2 \\ 3 \\ 4 \\ \end{matrix} \right]\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} 1\left( 1 \right) & 1\left( 2 \right) & 1\left( 3 \right) & 1\left( 4 \right) \\ 2\left( 1 \right) & 2\left( 2 \right) & 2\left( 3 \right) & 2\left( 4 \right) \\ 3\left( 1 \right) & 3\left( 2 \right) & 3\left( 3 \right) & 3\left( 4 \right) \\ 4\left( 1 \right) & 4\left( 2 \right) & 4\left( 3 \right) & 4\left( 4 \right) \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\ 2 & 4 & 6 & 8 \\ 3 & 6 & 9 & 12 \\ 4 & 8 & 12 & 16 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \end{align}$
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