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Ch. 6 - Matrices and Determinants
Blitzer - College Algebra 8th Edition
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Capitolo 7, Problema 27ab

In Exercises 27 - 36, find (if possible) the following matrices: a. AB b. BA 1 3 3 - 2 A = B = 5 3 - 1 6
Matrices A and B for exercise 27 in college algebra, chapter on matrices and determinants.

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Step 1: Identify the dimensions of matrices A and B. Matrix A is a 2x2 matrix (2 rows and 2 columns), and matrix B is also a 2x2 matrix.
Step 2: To find the product AB, multiply matrix A by matrix B. Since both are 2x2, the product AB is defined. Use the formula for matrix multiplication: the element in row i, column j of AB is the sum of the products of elements from row i of A and column j of B. Mathematically, (AB)_ij = ∑k=1nA_ikB_kj where n is the number of columns in A (or rows in B).
Step 3: To find the product BA, multiply matrix B by matrix A. Since both are 2x2 matrices, the product BA is also defined. Use the same matrix multiplication rule as in Step 2, but with B as the first matrix and A as the second.
Step 4: Perform the multiplication for each element of AB and BA by calculating the sum of products for each corresponding row and column.
Step 5: Write the resulting matrices AB and BA after completing the calculations for each element.

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