Chapter 2: Q2.3-28Q (page 93)
Show that if ABis invertible, so is B.
Short Answer
Both AB and B are invertible.
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Chapter 2: Q2.3-28Q (page 93)
Show that if ABis invertible, so is B.
Both AB and B are invertible.
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Exercises 15 and 16 concern arbitrary matrices A, B, and Cfor which the indicated sums and products are defined. Mark each statement True or False. Justify each answer.
16. a. If A and B are \({\bf{3}} \times {\bf{3}}\) and \(B = \left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{{{\bf{b}}_1}}&{{{\bf{b}}_2}}&{{{\bf{b}}_3}}\end{aligned}} \right)\), then \(AB = \left( {A{{\bf{b}}_1} + A{{\bf{b}}_2} + A{{\bf{b}}_3}} \right)\).
b. The second row of ABis the second row of Amultiplied on the right by B.
c. \(\left( {AB} \right)C = \left( {AC} \right)B\)
d. \({\left( {AB} \right)^T} = {A^T}{B^T}\)
e. The transpose of a sum of matrices equals the sum of their transposes.
If Ais an \(n \times n\) matrix and the transformation \({\bf{x}}| \to A{\bf{x}}\) is one-to-one, what else can you say about this transformation? Justify your answer.
3. Find the inverse of the matrix \(\left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{\bf{8}}&{\bf{5}}\\{ - {\bf{7}}}&{ - {\bf{5}}}\end{aligned}} \right)\).
Let Ube the \({\bf{3}} \times {\bf{2}}\) cost matrix described in Example 6 of Section 1.8. The first column of Ulists the costs per dollar of output for manufacturing product B, and the second column lists the costs per dollar of output for product C. (The costs are categorized as materials, labor, and overhead.) Let \({q_1}\) be a vector in \({\mathbb{R}^{\bf{2}}}\) that lists the output (measured in dollars) of products B and C manufactured during the first quarter of the year, and let \({q_{\bf{2}}}\), \({q_{\bf{3}}}\) and \({q_{\bf{4}}}\) be the analogous vectors that list the amounts of products B and C manufactured in the second, third, and fourth quarters, respectively. Give an economic description of the data in the matrix UQ, where \(Q = \left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{{{\bf{q}}_1}}&{{{\bf{q}}_2}}&{{{\bf{q}}_3}}&{{{\bf{q}}_4}}\end{aligned}} \right)\).
In the rest of this exercise set and in those to follow, you should assume that each matrix expression is defined. That is, the sizes of the matrices (and vectors) involved match appropriately.
Compute \(A - {\bf{5}}{I_{\bf{3}}}\) and \(\left( {{\bf{5}}{I_{\bf{3}}}} \right)A\)
\(A = \left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{\bf{9}}&{ - {\bf{1}}}&{\bf{3}}\\{ - {\bf{8}}}&{\bf{7}}&{ - {\bf{6}}}\\{ - {\bf{4}}}&{\bf{1}}&{\bf{8}}\end{aligned}} \right)\)
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