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Matrix arithmetic, determinants, inverses, and row reduction, and when a square algebraic system has one solution, none, or infinitely many.

Notes on Diffy Qs: Differential Equations for Engineers, Matrices and linear systems

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Exercise 101

Compute determinant of [11123−51−10]\left[ \begin{smallmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 2 & 3 & -5 \\ 1 & -1 & 0 \end{smallmatrix}\right]

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Exercise 102

Find tt such that [1t−12]\left[ \begin{smallmatrix} 1 & t \\ -1 & 2 \end{smallmatrix}\right] is not invertible.

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Exercise 103

Solve [111−1]x⃗=[1020]\left[ \begin{smallmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ 1 & -1 \end{smallmatrix}\right] \vec{x} = \left[ \begin{smallmatrix} 10 \\ 20 \end{smallmatrix}\right].

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Exercise 104

Suppose a,b,ca, b, c are nonzero numbers. Let M=[a00b]M=\left[ \begin{smallmatrix} a & 0 \\ 0 & b \end{smallmatrix}\right], N=[a000b000c]N=\left[ \begin{smallmatrix} a & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & b & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & c \end{smallmatrix}\right].

  1. Compute M−1M^{-1}.
  2. Compute N−1N^{-1}.
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