Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 8 - Section 8.3 - Matrix Operations and Their Applications - Exercise Set - Page 917: 26

Answer

$X=\left[ \begin{array}{*{35}{l}} \frac{29}{2} & \frac{25}{2} \\ -3 & \frac{27}{2} \\ -\frac{27}{2} & 8 \\ \end{array} \right]$

Work Step by Step

Consider the matrix equation, $4B+3A=-2X$. This implies that, $X=-\frac{1}{2}\left[ 4B+3A \right]$ Now we will consider, $\begin{align} & X=-\frac{1}{2}\left[ 4B+3A \right] \\ & =-\frac{1}{2}\left( 4\left[ \begin{matrix} -5 & -1 \\ 0 & 0 \\ 3 & -4 \\ \end{matrix} \right]+3\left[ \begin{matrix} -3 & -7 \\ 2 & -9 \\ 5 & 0 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \right) \\ & =-\frac{1}{2}\left( \left[ \begin{matrix} -20 & -4 \\ 0 & 0 \\ 12 & -16 \\ \end{matrix} \right]+\left[ \begin{matrix} -9 & -21 \\ 6 & -27 \\ 15 & 0 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \right) \\ & =-\frac{1}{2}\left( \left[ \begin{array}{*{35}{l}} -29 & -25 \\ 6 & -27 \\ 27 & -16 \\ \end{array} \right] \right) \end{align}$ That is, $\begin{align} & X=-\frac{1}{2}\left( \left[ \begin{array}{*{35}{l}} -29 & -25 \\ 6 & -27 \\ 27 & -16 \\ \end{array} \right] \right) \\ & =\left[ \begin{array}{*{35}{l}} \frac{29}{2} & \frac{25}{2} \\ -3 & \frac{27}{2} \\ -\frac{27}{2} & 8 \\ \end{array} \right] \end{align}$
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