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Find ata and aat. a = 2 2 4 0 −1 1 (a) ata (b) aat

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Final answer:

To find ATA and AAT, one must know the complete matrix A and use standard matrix operations: transposition and multiplication. However, the problem as stated does not provide a complete matrix A, hence these operations cannot be performed without further information.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question involves calculating ATA and AAT where A represents a matrix. To clarify, ATA can be interpreted as the matrix A transposed and then multiplied by A, and AAT can be interpreted as A multiplied by A transposed. However, the given reference information does not directly pertain to the calculation of matrix products. Thus, without a clear definition of matrix A beyond the elements provided (which seems partially incomplete), we cannot compute the exact products ATA and AAT. It is important to have complete rows and columns of a matrix to perform such calculations. Generally, to find ATA or AAT, the following steps are involved:

  1. Transpose matrix A to get AT (if necessary).
  2. Multiply the transposed matrix by A for ATA or matrix A by the transposed matrix for AAT.

Note that the multiplication of matrices is not commutative, meaning ATA is not necessarily equal to AAT. The operations must be conducted as specified

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