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Question A 11
Let $A={\begin{bmatrix}1&3\\3&8\end{bmatrix}}\qquad B={\begin{bmatrix}1&0&-1\\-3&1&0\end{bmatrix}}$ Calculate the following whenever defined. Otherwise state undefined and include a brief explanation. A matrix $C$ such that $BC=I_{2}$ where $I_{2}$ is the $2\times 2$ identity matrix.

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Hint 1
To begin with, what are the dimensions of the matrix C that we are looking for?

Hint 2
Multiply B with a general matrix $C={\begin{bmatrix}a&d\\b&e\\c&f\end{bmatrix}}$ and then solve the resulting four equations.

Hint 3
Another solution attempt can be given by only looking at the first two columns of B: ${\tilde {B}}={\begin{bmatrix}1&0\\-3&1\end{bmatrix}}$. Then, find the matrix inverse of ${\tilde {B}}$ and add a row of zeros to that inverse matrix you found.

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Solution 1

Found a typo? Is this solution unclear? Let us know here. Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. Let $C={\begin{bmatrix}a&d\\b&e\\c&f\end{bmatrix}}$. Then multiplying out the required matrix gives ${\begin{aligned}{\begin{bmatrix}1&0\\0&1\end{bmatrix}}=BC&={\begin{bmatrix}1&0&-1\\-3&1&0\end{bmatrix}}{\begin{bmatrix}a&d\\b&e\\c&f\end{bmatrix}}\\&={\begin{bmatrix}(1)(a)+(0)(b)+(-1)(c)&(1)(d)+(0)(e)+(-1)(f)\\(-3)(a)+(1)(b)+(0)(c)&(-3)(d)+(1)(e)+(0)(f)\end{bmatrix}}\\&={\begin{bmatrix}a-c&d-f\\-3a+b&-3d+e\end{bmatrix}}\end{aligned}}$ This gives the equations ${\begin{aligned}a-c&=1\\d-f&=0\\-3a+b&=0\\-3d+e&=1\end{aligned}}$ Setting simple values like $a=1$ and $e=1$ gives us that $b=3,c=0,d=0,f=0$. This is a valid solution and thus such a matrix C exists and is given by $C={\begin{bmatrix}1&0\\3&1\\0&0\end{bmatrix}}$

Solution 2

Found a typo? Is this solution unclear? Let us know here. Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. Proceeding as in hint 3, we find the inverse of ${\begin{bmatrix}1&0\\-3&1\end{bmatrix}}$ which is given by ${\begin{bmatrix}1&0\\3&1\end{bmatrix}}$ Thus, a matrix C that will work is ${\begin{bmatrix}1&0\\3&1\\0&0\end{bmatrix}}$ Since the zeroes at the bottom will cancel any terms in the last column of B once you perform the matrix multiplication $BC$.

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