T

a ( AT ) =A
b ¿ and B being of the same order.
c ¿ any scalar
d ¿; provided A B is defined

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a x p
Example 7 If b y q =2, give the values of each of the following.
c z r

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p x p
a q y q
r z r

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p x 0 p x a 4 a 12 x 4 p a b c
d q y 0q y b b 3y q x y z
r z 0 r z c c 3z r p q r

Compute the a d j A given that,

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1 2 3
A= 1 3 4
1 4 3

Solution

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|34 43| −|42 33| |23 34| −7
3 4 [ ]
6 −1
adj A= −|1 4| |1 3| −|2 3| = 1 0 −1
1 3 1 3
1 −2 1
|1 4| |1 4| |1 3|
1 3 −1 2 1 2