Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 10 - Section 10.5 - Inverses of Matrices and Matrix Questions - 10.5 Exercises - Page 732: 21

Answer

No inverse.

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Write the original matrix together with an identity matrix. $ \begin{array}( \\B=A|I= \\ \\ \end{array} \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 & | &1 & 0 & 0\\4 & 5 & -1 & | &0 & 1 & 0\\1 & -1 & -10 & | &0 & 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \begin{array}( \\4R_1-R_2\to R_2 \\R_1-R_3\to R_3 \\ \end{array}$ Step 2. Use row operations on the right side of the matrix to transform the left side into reduced row-echelon form. $ \begin{array}( \\B= \\ \\ \end{array} \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 & | &1 & 0 & 0\\0 & 3 & 13 & | &4 & -1 & 0\\0 & 3 & 13 & | &1 & 0 & -1 \end{bmatrix} \begin{array}( \\ \\R_2-R_3\to R_3 \\ \end{array}$ Step 3. Perform the operations given on the right side of the matrix. $ \begin{array}( \\B= \\ \\ \end{array} \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 & | &1 & 0 & 0\\0 & 3 & 13 & | &4 & -1 & 0\\0 & 0 & 0 & | &1 & -1 & 1 \end{bmatrix} \begin{array}( \\ \\ \\ \end{array}$ Step 4. The last row of the left half matrix are all zeros. As the left half of the matrix can not be transformed into a reduced row-echelon form, we conclude that the original matrix does not have an inverse.
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