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Ex 3.4, 14 - Chapter 3 Class 12 Matrices
Last updated at May 29, 2018 by Teachoo
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Ex 3.4, 14 Find the inverse of each of the matrices, if it exists.[■8(2&1@4&2)] Let A = [■8(2&1@4&2)] We know that A = IA [■8(2&1@4&2)] = [■8(1&0@0&1)] A R1 →"R1"−1/2 R2 [■8(𝟐−𝟏/𝟐(𝟒)&1−1/2(2)@4&2)] = [■8(1&0@0&1)] A [■8(0&0@4&2)] = [■8(1&−1/2@0&1)] A Since we have all zeros in the first row of the left hand side matrix of the above equation. Therefore, A−1 does not exist.
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