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HSA.REI.C.9 Tutor Intake — Matrix Inverses

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Grade 9·8 problems·~13 min·Common Core Math - HS Algebra·standard·hsa-rei-c-9
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Concepts

1.

Which of the following is the defining property of a matrix inverse A1A^{-1}?

2.

A student wants to solve Ax=bAx = b using the matrix inverse.
They write: x=bA1x = bA^{-1}.

What is wrong with this?

3.

A 2×22 \times 2 matrix AA has determinant det(A)=0\det(A) = 0.

What can you conclude about the system Ax=bAx = b?

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Procedures

1.

For A=[3121]A = \begin{bmatrix}3 & 1\\2 & 1\end{bmatrix}, compute det(A)\det(A).

det(A)=adbc=3(\det(A) = ad - bc = 3(   ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲   $) - 1(2) = $   ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲  

d-entry:
determinant:
2.

Using the formula A1=1det(A)[dbca]A^{-1} = \frac{1}{\det(A)}\begin{bmatrix}d & -b\\-c & a\end{bmatrix},
find A1A^{-1} for A=[3121]A = \begin{bmatrix}3 & 1\\2 & 1\end{bmatrix}
(where det(A)=1\det(A) = 1).

A^{-1} = \begin{bmatrix}   ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲   &   ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲   $\  ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲   &  ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲   \end{bmatrix}$

r1c1:
r1c2:
r2c1:
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