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 733: 58

Answer

$\begin{array}( \\ \frac{1}{2e^{4x}} \\ \\ \end{array} \begin{bmatrix} e^{3x} & e^{2x} \\-e^{2x} & e^{x} \end{bmatrix} $ for all real $x$.

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Given the matrix: $\begin{array}( \\A= \\ \\ \end{array} \begin{bmatrix} e^x & -e^{2x} \\e^{2x} & e^{3x} \end{bmatrix} $ Step 2. Use the formula on page 725 to get: $\begin{array}( \\A^{-1}=\frac{1}{e^xe^{3x}+e^{2x}e^{2x}} \\ \\ \end{array} \begin{bmatrix} e^{3x} & e^{2x} \\-e^{2x} & e^{x} \end{bmatrix}\begin{array}( \\ =\frac{1}{2e^{4x}} \\ \\ \end{array} \begin{bmatrix} e^{3x} & e^{2x} \\-e^{2x} & e^{x} \end{bmatrix} $ Apparently, this inverse is valid for all real $x$ values.
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