Section 8.3 The Inverse of A Square Matrix: Name
Section 8.3 The Inverse of A Square Matrix: Name
Section 8.3 The Inverse of A Square Matrix: Name
III. The Inverse of a 2 × 2 Matrix (Page 606) What you should learn
How to use a formula to
⎡a b ⎤ find the inverses of 2 × 2
If A is a 2 × 2 matrix given by A = ⎢ , then A is invertible if
⎣ c d ⎥⎦ matrices
and only if ad − bc ≠ 0 . Moreover, if this condition
is true, the inverse of A is given by:
1 ⎡ d −b⎤
A −1
= ⎢ ⎥
⎢− c a ⎥
ad − bc ⎣ ⎦
⎡ 3 9⎤
Example 2: Find the inverse of the matrix B = ⎢ ⎥⎦ .
⎣ − 2 − 7
B−1 = ⎡ 7/3 3 ⎤
⎣ − 2/3 − 1⎦
IV. Systems of Linear Equations (Page 607) What you should learn
How to use inverse
If A is an invertible matrix, the system of linear equations matrices to solve systems
represented by AX = B has a unique solution given by of linear equations
X = A−1B .
Homework Assignment
Page(s)
Exercises