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Linear Algebra Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Move .
Step 1.2
Multiply by .
Step 2
Multiply by .
Step 3
Multiply by each element of the matrix.
Step 4
Step 4.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.1.1
Move .
Step 4.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.1.3
Add and .
Step 4.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.3.1
Move .
Step 4.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.4.1
Move .
Step 4.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.6.1
Move .
Step 4.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.7.1
Move .
Step 4.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.7.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.7.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.7.3
Add and .
Step 4.8
Multiply by .
Step 4.9
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.9.1
Move .
Step 4.9.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.10
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.10.1
Move .
Step 4.10.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.11
Multiply by .
Step 4.12
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.13
Multiply by .
Step 4.14
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.14.1
Move .
Step 4.14.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.14.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.14.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.14.3
Add and .
Step 4.15
Multiply by .
Step 4.16
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.16.1
Move .
Step 4.16.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.16.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.16.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.16.3
Add and .
Step 4.17
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.17.1
Move .
Step 4.17.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.18
Multiply by .
Step 4.19
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.19.1
Move .
Step 4.19.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.20
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.20.1
Move .
Step 4.20.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.20.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.20.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.20.3
Add and .
Step 4.21
Multiply by .
Step 4.22
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.22.1
Move .
Step 4.22.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.22.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.22.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.22.3
Add and .
Step 4.23
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.23.1
Move .
Step 4.23.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.24
Multiply by .
Step 4.25
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.26
Multiply by .
Step 4.27
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.27.1
Move .
Step 4.27.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.27.3
Add and .
Step 4.28
Multiply by .
Step 5
Step 5.1
Consider the corresponding sign chart.
Step 5.2
The cofactor is the minor with the sign changed if the indices match a position on the sign chart.
Step 5.3
The minor for is the determinant with row and column deleted.
Step 5.4
Multiply element by its cofactor.
Step 5.5
The minor for is the determinant with row and column deleted.
Step 5.6
Multiply element by its cofactor.
Step 5.7
The minor for is the determinant with row and column deleted.
Step 5.8
Multiply element by its cofactor.
Step 5.9
Add the terms together.
Step 6
Step 6.1
The determinant of a matrix can be found using the formula .
Step 6.2
Simplify the determinant.
Step 6.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 6.2.1.1
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 6.2.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.2.1.1.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.2.1.1.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.2.1.2
Simplify each term.
Step 6.2.1.2.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.1.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.2.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.2.3
Add and .
Step 6.2.1.2.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.3.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.2.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.5.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.2.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.6.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.2.6.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.6.3
Add and .
Step 6.2.1.2.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.7.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.2.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2.8
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2.9
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.9.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.2.9.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2.10
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.10.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.2.10.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.10.3
Add and .
Step 6.2.1.2.11
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.11.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.2.11.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2.11.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.2.1.2.11.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.11.3
Add and .
Step 6.2.1.2.12
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2.13
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.13.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.2.13.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2.14
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.14.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.2.14.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.14.3
Add and .
Step 6.2.1.2.15
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.15.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.2.15.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2.15.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.2.1.2.15.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.2.1.2.15.3
Add and .
Step 6.2.1.2.16
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.3.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.4.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.4.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.2.1.4.3
Add and .
Step 6.2.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.2.1.5.1
Move .
Step 6.2.1.5.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.2.1.5.3
Add and .
Step 6.2.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.2
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 6.2.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 6.2.2.2
Add and .
Step 7
Step 7.1
The determinant of a matrix can be found using the formula .
Step 7.2
Simplify the determinant.
Step 7.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 7.2.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.2.1.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 7.2.1.2.1
Move .
Step 7.2.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.2.1.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.2.1.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.2.1.2.3
Add and .
Step 7.2.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 7.2.1.3.1
Move .
Step 7.2.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.2.1.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.2.1.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.2.1.3.3
Add and .
Step 7.2.1.4
Simplify each term.
Step 7.2.1.4.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 7.2.1.4.1.1
Move .
Step 7.2.1.4.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.2.1.4.1.3
Add and .
Step 7.2.1.4.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 7.2.1.4.2.1
Move .
Step 7.2.1.4.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.2.1.4.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.2.1.4.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.2.1.4.2.3
Add and .
Step 7.2.1.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 7.2.1.4.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 7.2.1.4.4.1
Move .
Step 7.2.1.4.4.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.2.1.4.4.3
Add and .
Step 7.2.1.4.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 7.2.1.4.5.1
Move .
Step 7.2.1.4.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.2.1.4.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.2.1.4.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.2.1.4.5.3
Add and .
Step 7.2.1.4.6
Multiply by .
Step 7.2.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 7.2.1.5.1
Move .
Step 7.2.1.5.2
Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
Step 7.2.1.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.2.1.5.3
Add and .
Step 7.2.1.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 7.2.1.6.1
Move .
Step 7.2.1.6.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.2.1.6.3
Add and .
Step 7.2.1.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 7.2.1.7.1
Move .
Step 7.2.1.7.2
Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
Step 7.2.1.7.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.2.1.7.3
Add and .
Step 7.2.1.8
Multiply by .
Step 7.2.1.9
Multiply by .
Step 7.2.2
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 7.2.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 7.2.2.2
Add and .
Step 8
Step 8.1
The determinant of a matrix can be found using the formula .
Step 8.2
Simplify the determinant.
Step 8.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 8.2.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 8.2.1.1.1
Move .
Step 8.2.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.1.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 8.2.1.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 8.2.1.1.3
Add and .
Step 8.2.1.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 8.2.1.2.1
Move .
Step 8.2.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 8.2.1.2.3
Add and .
Step 8.2.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 8.2.1.3.1
Move .
Step 8.2.1.3.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 8.2.1.3.3
Add and .
Step 8.2.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.1.5
Apply the distributive property.
Step 8.2.1.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 8.2.1.6.1
Move .
Step 8.2.1.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.1.6.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 8.2.1.6.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 8.2.1.6.3
Add and .
Step 8.2.1.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 8.2.1.7.1
Move .
Step 8.2.1.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.1.7.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 8.2.1.7.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 8.2.1.7.3
Add and .
Step 8.2.1.8
Simplify each term.
Step 8.2.1.8.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 8.2.1.8.1.1
Move .
Step 8.2.1.8.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 8.2.1.8.1.3
Add and .
Step 8.2.1.8.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 8.2.1.8.2.1
Move .
Step 8.2.1.8.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.1.8.3
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.1.8.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 8.2.1.8.4.1
Move .
Step 8.2.1.8.4.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 8.2.1.8.4.3
Add and .
Step 8.2.1.8.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 8.2.1.8.5.1
Move .
Step 8.2.1.8.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.1.8.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 8.2.1.8.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 8.2.1.8.5.3
Add and .
Step 8.2.1.8.6
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.1.9
Apply the distributive property.
Step 8.2.1.10
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.1.11
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.1.12
Remove parentheses.
Step 8.2.2
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 8.2.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 8.2.2.2
Add and .
Step 9
Step 9.1
Simplify each term.
Step 9.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 9.1.2
Simplify.
Step 9.1.2.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.2.1.1
Move .
Step 9.1.2.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.2.1.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.2.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.2.2.1
Move .
Step 9.1.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.2.2.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.2.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.2.3.1
Move .
Step 9.1.2.3.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.2.3.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.3
Simplify each term.
Step 9.1.3.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.3.1.1
Move .
Step 9.1.3.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.3.1.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.3.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.3.2.1
Move .
Step 9.1.3.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.3.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.3.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.3.2.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.3.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.3.4.1
Move .
Step 9.1.3.4.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.3.4.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.3.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.3.5.1
Move .
Step 9.1.3.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.3.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.3.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.3.5.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.3.6
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.3.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.3.7.1
Move .
Step 9.1.3.7.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.3.7.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.3.8
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.3.8.1
Move .
Step 9.1.3.8.2
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.3.8.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.3.8.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.3.8.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.3.9
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.4.1
Move .
Step 9.1.4.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.4.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.5.1
Move .
Step 9.1.5.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.5.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.6.1
Move .
Step 9.1.6.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.6.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.8
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.8.1
Move .
Step 9.1.8.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.8.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.9
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.9.1
Move .
Step 9.1.9.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.9.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.10
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 9.1.10.1
Move .
Step 9.1.10.2
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.10.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.10.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.10.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.11
Multiply by .
Step 9.2
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 9.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 9.2.2
Add and .
Step 9.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 9.2.4
Add and .