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If A = \( \begin{pmatrix}-1&2\\1&-4\end{pmatrix}\) then A (adj A) is: (a) \( \begin{pmatrix}-4&-2\\-1&-1\end{pmatrix}\)(b) \( \begin{pmatrix}4&-2\\-1&1\end{pmatrix}\)(c) \( \begin{pmatrix}2&0\\0&2\end{pmatrix}\)(d) \( \begin{pmatrix}0&2\\2&0\end{pmatrix}\)

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(c) \( \begin{pmatrix} 2&0\\0&2 \end{pmatrix}\)

A = \( \begin{pmatrix} -1&2\\1&-4 \end{pmatrix}\)

|A| = 4 – 2 = 2 

We know that A (adj A) = |A| 

⇒ 2\( \begin{pmatrix} 1&0\\0&1 \end{pmatrix}\) = \( \begin{pmatrix} 2&0\\0&2 \end{pmatrix}\)



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