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Explain why this matrix equation has no solution: A + 11 17 −8 13 = 0 0 0 0

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Sample Response – The two matrices are different sizes. It is not possible to add matrices with different sizes.


User Alex Burdusel
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If you mean


A+\left[\begin{array}{cccc}11&17&-8&13\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{cccc}0&0&0&0\end{array}\right]

there is a solution and it is the opposite of the matrix constant on the left.


A=\left[\begin{array}{cccc}-11&-17&8&-13\end{array}\right]

Adding anything with its opposite gives zero.

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