Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 8 - Section 8.4 - Multiplicative Inverses of Matrices and Matrix Equations - Exercise Set - Page 932: 6

Answer

The product of $ AB={{I}_{2}}$, product of $ BA={{I}_{2}}$ and $ B $ is the multiplicative inverse of $ A $ $ B={{A}^{-1}}$.

Work Step by Step

The given expression is $ A=\left[ \begin{matrix} 4 & 5 \\ 2 & 3 \\ \end{matrix} \right],B=\left[ \begin{matrix} \frac{3}{2} & -\frac{5}{2} \\ -1 & 2 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$ Now, we will compute the matrix as $\left[ AB \right]$ $\begin{align} & AB=\left[ \begin{matrix} 4 & 5 \\ 2 & 3 \\ \end{matrix} \right]\left[ \begin{matrix} \frac{3}{2} & -\frac{5}{2} \\ -1 & 2 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} 4\times \frac{3}{2}+5\times \left( -1 \right) & 4\times \left( -\frac{5}{2} \right)+5\times 2 \\ 2\times \frac{3}{2}+3\times \left( -1 \right) & 2\times \left( -\frac{5}{2} \right)+3\times 2 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & ={{I}_{2}} \end{align}$ Now, we will compute the matrix as $\left[ BA \right]$ $\begin{align} & BA=\left[ \begin{matrix} \frac{3}{2} & -\frac{5}{2} \\ -1 & 2 \\ \end{matrix} \right]\left[ \begin{matrix} 4 & 5 \\ 2 & 3 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} \frac{3}{2}\times 4+\left( -\frac{5}{2} \right)\times 2 & \frac{3}{2}\times 5+\left( -\frac{5}{2} \right)\times 3 \\ \left( -1 \right)\times 4+2\times 2 & \left( -1 \right)\times 5+2\times 3 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & ={{I}_{2}} \end{align}$ Both matrix $ AB $ and matrix $ BA $ are equal to the identity matrix Now, we will compute the matrix $ B={{A}^{-1}}$. $ B=\left[ \begin{matrix} \frac{3}{2} & -\frac{5}{2} \\ -1 & 2 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$ And, $ A=\left[ \begin{matrix} 4 & 5 \\ 2 & 3 \\ \end{matrix} \right]$ Determine the inverse of matrix A. Now, using inverse formula ${{A}^{-1}}=\frac{1}{\left| ad-bc \right|}\left[ \begin{matrix} d & -b \\ -c & a \\ \end{matrix} \right]$ Substitute the values to get, $\begin{align} & a=4 \\ & b=5 \\ & c=2 \\ & d=3 \\ \end{align}$ So, $\begin{align} & {{A}^{-1}}=\frac{1}{\left| 12-10 \right|}\left[ \begin{matrix} 3 & -5 \\ -2 & 4 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\frac{1}{2}\left[ \begin{matrix} 3 & -5 \\ -2 & 4 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} \frac{3}{2} & \frac{-5}{2} \\ -1 & 2 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \\ & =\left[ \begin{matrix} \frac{3}{2} & \frac{-5}{2} \\ -1 & 2 \\ \end{matrix} \right] \end{align}$ Therefore, $ B={{A}^{-1}}$.
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