Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 8 - Review Exercises - Page 950: 17

Answer

The operation is not defined.

Work Step by Step

Here we need to find $ B+C $. Therefore consider, $ B+C=\left[ \begin{array}{*{35}{l}} 0 & -2 \\ 3 & 2 \\ 1 & -5 \\ \end{array} \right]+\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ -1 & 1 & 2 \\ -1 & 2 & 1 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$ This operation is not defined since only two matrices of the same order can be added; here, the size of matrix B is $3\times 2$ and the size of the matrix $ C $ is $3\times 3$, so addition is not possible. Thus, the operation is not defined.
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