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Ch. 6 - Matrices and Determinants
Blitzer - College Algebra 8th Edition
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Capitolo 7, Problema 14c

In Exercises 9 - 16, find the following matrices: c. - 4A
Matrices A and B for exercise 14 in college algebra, chapter 7 on systems of equations.

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Identify the matrix A given as [6 2 -3].
Understand that the problem asks to find the matrix resulting from multiplying matrix A by the scalar -4, which means each element of A will be multiplied by -4.
Multiply each element of matrix A by -4: multiply 6 by -4, 2 by -4, and -3 by -4 separately.
Write the resulting matrix after scalar multiplication as [-24 -8 12] (do not calculate the final values here, just show the multiplication step).
Confirm that the resulting matrix has the same dimensions as matrix A, but with each element scaled by -4.

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