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Chapter 3: Q28Q (page 165)

Compute the determinants of the elementary matrices given in Exercise 25-30.

28. \(\left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}k&0&0\\0&1&0\\0&0&1\end{aligned}} \right)\).

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The determinant of the matrix is \(k\).

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Compute the determinant of the elementary matrix

If A is a triangular matrix, then according to theorem 2, det A is the product of the entries on its main diagonal.

The determinant of the matrix is the product of the diagonal entries because the matrix is triangular.

\(\begin{aligned}{c}\left| {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}k&0&0\\0&1&0\\0&0&1\end{aligned}} \right| = \left( k \right)\left( 1 \right)\left( 1 \right)\\ = k\end{aligned}\)

Thus, the determinant of the matrix is \(k\).

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Most popular questions from this chapter

In Exercises 39 and 40, \(A\) is an \(n \times n\) matrix. Mark each statement True or False. Justify each answer.

39.

a. An \(n \times n\) determinant is defined by determinants of \(\left( {n - 1} \right) \times \left( {n - 1} \right)\) submatrices.

b. The \(\left( {i,j} \right)\)-cofactor of a matrix \(A\) is the matrix \({A_{ij}}\) obtained by deleting from A its \(i{\mathop{\rm th}\nolimits} \) row and \[j{\mathop{\rm th}\nolimits} \]column.

In Exercises 24–26, use determinants to decide if the set of vectors is linearly independent.

25. \(\left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}7\\{ - 4}\\{ - 6}\end{aligned}} \right)\), \(\left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{ - {\bf{8}}}\\{\bf{5}}\\7\end{aligned}} \right)\), \(\left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{\bf{7}}\\{\bf{0}}\\{ - {\bf{5}}}\end{aligned}} \right)\)

Question: Use Cramer’s rule to compute the solutions of the systems in Exercises1-6.

3. \(\begin{array}{c}3{x_1} - 2{x_2} = 3\\ - 4{x_1} + 6{x_2} = - 5\end{array}\)

Question: 17. Show that if A is \({\bf{2}} \times {\bf{2}}\), then Theorem 8 gives the same formula for \({A^{ - {\bf{1}}}}\) as that given by theorem 4 in Section 2.2.

Combine the methods of row reduction and cofactor expansion to compute the determinant in Exercise 11.

11. \(\left| {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{\bf{3}}&{\bf{4}}&{ - {\bf{3}}}&{ - {\bf{1}}}\\{\bf{3}}&{\bf{0}}&{\bf{1}}&{ - {\bf{3}}}\\{ - {\bf{6}}}&{\bf{0}}&{ - {\bf{4}}}&{\bf{3}}\\{\bf{6}}&{\bf{8}}&{ - {\bf{4}}}&{ - {\bf{1}}}\end{aligned}} \right|\)
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