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Simply the matrix can anyone help

Simply the matrix can anyone help-example-1
User Bill Agee
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Here, 3m is a scalar that we use to multiply each element of the matrix.

We have

3m \left[\begin{array}{cc}-5m&2m\\6m&6n\end{array}\right].

We get

\left[\begin{array}{cc}(3m)(-5m)&(3m)(2m)\\(3m)(6m)&(3m)(6n)\end{array}\right]
which simplifies to

\left[\begin{array}{cc}-15m^2&6m^2\\18m^2&18mn\end{array}\right]
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