Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 8 - Section 8.3 - Matrix Operations and Their Applications - Exercise Set - Page 918: 46

Answer

$\left( A-B \right)\left( C+D \right)=\left[ \begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$

Work Step by Step

First we will find the difference between $A\text{ and }B$ as below: $\begin{align} & A-B=\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \\ \end{matrix} \right]-\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} 1-1 & 0-0 \\ 0-0 & 1+1 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 2 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \end{align}$ Next we will find the sum of $C$ and $D$ as below: $\begin{align} & C+D=\left[ \begin{matrix} -1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \\ \end{matrix} \right]+\left[ \begin{matrix} -1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} -1-1 & 0+0 \\ 0+0 & 1-1 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} -2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \end{align}$ Now consider, $\begin{align} & \left( A-B \right)\left( C+D \right)=\left[ \begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 2 \\ \end{matrix} \right]\left[ \begin{matrix} -2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} 0\left( -2 \right)+0\left( 0 \right) & 0\left( 0 \right)+0\left( 0 \right) \\ 0\left( -2 \right)+2\left( 0 \right) & 0\left( 0 \right)+0\left( 0 \right) \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \end{align}$
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