Precalculus Examples

$[\begin{array}{c} - 2 & 5 \\ 7 & 6 \end{array}]$

Step 1

Consider the corresponding sign chart.

$[\begin{array}{c} + & - \\ - & + \end{array}]$

Step 2

Use the sign chart and the given matrix to find the cofactor of each element.

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Step 2.1

Calculate the minor for element $a_{11}$ .

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Step 2.1.1

The minor for $a_{11}$ is the determinant with row $1$ and column $1$ deleted.

$| \begin{array}{c} 6 \end{array} |$

Step 2.1.2

The determinant of a $1 \times 1$ matrix is the element itself.

$a_{11} = 6$

Step 2.2

Calculate the minor for element $a_{12}$ .

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Step 2.2.1

The minor for $a_{12}$ is the determinant with row $1$ and column $2$ deleted.

$| \begin{array}{c} 7 \end{array} |$

Step 2.2.2

The determinant of a $1 \times 1$ matrix is the element itself.

$a_{12} = 7$

Step 2.3

Calculate the minor for element $a_{21}$ .

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Step 2.3.1

The minor for $a_{21}$ is the determinant with row $2$ and column $1$ deleted.

$| \begin{array}{c} 5 \end{array} |$

Step 2.3.2

The determinant of a $1 \times 1$ matrix is the element itself.

$a_{21} = 5$

Step 2.4

Calculate the minor for element $a_{22}$ .

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Step 2.4.1

The minor for $a_{22}$ is the determinant with row $2$ and column $2$ deleted.

$| \begin{array}{c} - 2 \end{array} |$

Step 2.4.2

The determinant of a $1 \times 1$ matrix is the element itself.

$a_{22} = - 2$

Step 2.5

The cofactor matrix is a matrix of the minors with the sign changed for the elements in the $-$ positions on the sign chart.

$[\begin{array}{c} 6 & - 7 \\ - 5 & - 2 \end{array}]$