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suppose the first two columns b1 and b2 of b are equal. what can you say about the columns of ab is defined? why?

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Final answer:

If the first two columns B1 and B2 of matrix B are equal, then the columns of AB will also be equal.

Step-by-step explanation:

If the first two columns B1 and B2 of matrix B are equal, then it means that the entries in those two columns are the same. When we perform matrix multiplication AB, each column of AB is a linear combination of the columns of B using the corresponding entries in the rows of A. Since the first two columns of B are the same, this means that the linear combinations used to form each column of AB will be the same as well. Therefore, the columns of AB will be equal.

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