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Chapter 2: Q7Q (page 93)
If a matrix \(A\) is \({\bf{5}} \times {\bf{3}}\) and the product \(AB\)is \({\bf{5}} \times {\bf{7}}\), what is the size of \(B\)?
\(3 \times 7\)
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Let \(A = \left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{\bf{1}}&{\bf{2}}\\{\bf{5}}&{{\bf{12}}}\end{aligned}} \right),{b_{\bf{1}}} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{ - {\bf{1}}}\\{\bf{3}}\end{aligned}} \right),{b_{\bf{2}}} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{\bf{1}}\\{ - {\bf{5}}}\end{aligned}} \right),{b_{\bf{3}}} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{\bf{2}}\\{\bf{6}}\end{aligned}} \right),\) and \({b_{\bf{4}}} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{\bf{3}}\\{\bf{5}}\end{aligned}} \right)\).
A useful way to test new ideas in matrix algebra, or to make conjectures, is to make calculations with matrices selected at random. Checking a property for a few matrices does not prove that the property holds in general, but it makes the property more believable. Also, if the property is actually false, you may discover this when you make a few calculations.
37. Construct a random \({\bf{4}} \times {\bf{4}}\) matrix Aand test whether \(\left( {A + I} \right)\left( {A - I} \right) = {A^2} - I\). The best way to do this is to compute \(\left( {A + I} \right)\left( {A - I} \right) - \left( {{A^2} - I} \right)\) and verify that this difference is the zero matrix. Do this for three random matrices. Then test \(\left( {A + B} \right)\left( {A - B} \right) = {A^2} - {B^{\bf{2}}}\) the same way for three pairs of random \({\bf{4}} \times {\bf{4}}\) matrices. Report your conclusions.
Let Ube the \({\bf{3}} \times {\bf{2}}\) cost matrix described in Example 6 of Section 1.8. The first column of Ulists the costs per dollar of output for manufacturing product B, and the second column lists the costs per dollar of output for product C. (The costs are categorized as materials, labor, and overhead.) Let \({q_1}\) be a vector in \({\mathbb{R}^{\bf{2}}}\) that lists the output (measured in dollars) of products B and C manufactured during the first quarter of the year, and let \({q_{\bf{2}}}\), \({q_{\bf{3}}}\) and \({q_{\bf{4}}}\) be the analogous vectors that list the amounts of products B and C manufactured in the second, third, and fourth quarters, respectively. Give an economic description of the data in the matrix UQ, where \(Q = \left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{{{\bf{q}}_1}}&{{{\bf{q}}_2}}&{{{\bf{q}}_3}}&{{{\bf{q}}_4}}\end{aligned}} \right)\).
a. Verify that \({A^2} = I\) when \(A = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}1&0\\3&{ - 1}\end{array}} \right]\).
b. Use partitioned matrices to show that \({M^2} = I\) when\(M = \left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}1&0&0&0\\3&{ - 1}&0&0\\1&0&{ - 1}&0\\0&1&{ - 3}&1\end{array}} \right]\).
Let \({{\bf{r}}_1} \ldots ,{{\bf{r}}_p}\) be vectors in \({\mathbb{R}^{\bf{n}}}\), and let Qbe an\(m \times n\)matrix. Write the matrix\(\left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{Q{{\bf{r}}_1}}& \cdots &{Q{{\bf{r}}_p}}\end{aligned}} \right)\)as a productof two matrices (neither of which is an identity matrix).
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