Precalculus Examples

[\begin{matrix} 3 & 2 4 & 6 \end{matrix}]

$[\begin{array}{c} 3 & 2 \\ 4 & 6 \end{array}]$

Step 1

The inverse of a

$2 \times 2$ matrix can be found using the formula

$\frac{1}{a d - b c} [\begin{array}{c} d & - b \\ - c & a \end{array}]$ where

$a d - b c$ is the determinant.

Step 2

Find the determinant.

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Step 2.1

The determinant of a

$2 \times 2$ matrix can be found using the formula

$| \begin{array}{c} a & b \\ c & d \end{array} | = a d - c b$ .

$3 \cdot 6 - 4 \cdot 2$

Step 2.2

Simplify the determinant.

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Step 2.2.1

Simplify each term.

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Step 2.2.1.1

Multiply

$3$ by

$6$ .

$18 - 4 \cdot 2$

Step 2.2.1.2

Multiply

$- 4$ by

$2$ .

$18 - 8$

Step 2.2.2

Subtract

$8$ from

$18$ .

$10$

Step 3

Since the determinant is non-zero, the inverse exists.

Step 4

Substitute the known values into the formula for the inverse.

$\frac{1}{10} [\begin{array}{c} 6 & - 2 \\ - 4 & 3 \end{array}]$

Step 5

Multiply

$\frac{1}{10}$ by each element of the matrix.

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{1}{10} \cdot 6 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 2 \\ \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 4 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6

Simplify each element in the matrix.

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Step 6.1

Cancel the common factor of

$2$ .

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Step 6.1.1

Factor

$2$ out of

$10$ .

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{1}{2 (5)} \cdot 6 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 2 \\ \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 4 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.1.2

Factor

$2$ out of

$6$ .

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{1}{2 \cdot 5} \cdot (2 \cdot 3) & \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 2 \\ \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 4 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.1.3

Cancel the common factor.

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{1}{2 \cdot 5} \cdot (2 \cdot 3) & \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 2 \\ \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 4 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.1.4

Rewrite the expression.

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{1}{5} \cdot 3 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 2 \\ \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 4 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.2

Combine

$\frac{1}{5}$ and

$3$ .

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{3}{5} & \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 2 \\ \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 4 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.3

Cancel the common factor of

$2$ .

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Step 6.3.1

Factor

$2$ out of

$10$ .

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{3}{5} & \frac{1}{2 (5)} \cdot - 2 \\ \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 4 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.3.2

Factor

$2$ out of

$- 2$ .

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{3}{5} & \frac{1}{2 \cdot 5} \cdot (2 \cdot - 1) \\ \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 4 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.3.3

Cancel the common factor.

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{3}{5} & \frac{1}{2 \cdot 5} \cdot (2 \cdot - 1) \\ \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 4 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.3.4

Rewrite the expression.

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{3}{5} & \frac{1}{5} \cdot - 1 \\ \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 4 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.4

Combine

$\frac{1}{5}$ and

$- 1$ .

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{3}{5} & \frac{- 1}{5} \\ \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 4 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.5

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{3}{5} & - \frac{1}{5} \\ \frac{1}{10} \cdot - 4 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.6

Cancel the common factor of

$2$ .

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Step 6.6.1

Factor

$2$ out of

$10$ .

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{3}{5} & - \frac{1}{5} \\ \frac{1}{2 (5)} \cdot - 4 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.6.2

Factor

$2$ out of

$- 4$ .

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{3}{5} & - \frac{1}{5} \\ \frac{1}{2 \cdot 5} \cdot (2 \cdot - 2) & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.6.3

Cancel the common factor.

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{3}{5} & - \frac{1}{5} \\ \frac{1}{2 \cdot 5} \cdot (2 \cdot - 2) & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.6.4

Rewrite the expression.

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{3}{5} & - \frac{1}{5} \\ \frac{1}{5} \cdot - 2 & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.7

Combine

$\frac{1}{5}$ and

$- 2$ .

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{3}{5} & - \frac{1}{5} \\ \frac{- 2}{5} & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.8

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{3}{5} & - \frac{1}{5} \\ - \frac{2}{5} & \frac{1}{10} \cdot 3 \end{array}]$

Step 6.9

Combine

$\frac{1}{10}$ and

$3$ .

$[\begin{array}{c} \frac{3}{5} & - \frac{1}{5} \\ - \frac{2}{5} & \frac{3}{10} \end{array}]$

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