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7. Systems of Equations & Matrices
Determinants and Cramer's Rule
Problem 11
Textbook Question
In Exercises 1 - 12, find the products AB and BA to determine whether B is the multiplicative inverse of A. 0 0 - 2 1 1 2 0 3- 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1A = B = 0 1 - 1 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 - 1 1 2 0 2

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Identify the matrices A and B from the problem statement.
Calculate the product AB by multiplying matrix A with matrix B.
Calculate the product BA by multiplying matrix B with matrix A.
Check if both products AB and BA result in the identity matrix.
If both products are identity matrices, then B is the multiplicative inverse of A.

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Key Concepts
Here are the essential concepts you must grasp in order to answer the question correctly.
Matrix Multiplication
Matrix multiplication involves taking the dot product of rows from the first matrix with columns from the second matrix. For two matrices A (m x n) and B (n x p), the resulting matrix C (m x p) is formed by summing the products of corresponding entries. This operation is not commutative, meaning AB does not necessarily equal BA.
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Multiplicative Inverse of a Matrix
A matrix B is considered the multiplicative inverse of matrix A if the product of A and B yields the identity matrix I, denoted as AB = I. The identity matrix has 1s on the diagonal and 0s elsewhere. Not all matrices have inverses; only square matrices with a non-zero determinant can possess a multiplicative inverse.
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Identity Matrix
The identity matrix is a square matrix that serves as the multiplicative identity in matrix multiplication. For any matrix A of size n x n, multiplying A by the identity matrix I (of the same size) results in A itself, i.e., AI = A and IA = A. The identity matrix is crucial for verifying whether a matrix is invertible.
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