What is the inverse of the matrix ?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C.
- Step 1: Compute determinant: .
- Step 2: For a matrix , .
- Step 3: .
Answer
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Why not the others: The second option forgets to negate the off-diagonal entries; the third omits division by ; and the fourth adds .
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