Question
Construct a 2 × 3 matrix A = [aij] whose elements aij are give by:

$\text{a}_\text{ij}=\frac{(\text{i}+\text{j})^2}{2}$

Answer

Here,
$\text{a}_\text{ij}=\frac{(\text{i}+\text{j})^2}{2}$
$\text{a}_{11}=\frac{(1+1)^2}{2}=\frac{(2)^2}{2}=\frac{4}{2}=2,$ $\text{a}_{12}=\frac{(1+2)^2}{2}=\frac{(3)^2}{2}=\frac{9}{2},$ $\text{a}_{13}=\frac{(1+3)^2}{2}=\frac{(4)^2}{2}=\frac{16}{2}=8$
$\text{a}_{21}=\frac{(2+1)^2}{2}=\frac{(3)^2}{2}=\frac{9}{2},$ $\text{a}_{22}=\frac{(2+2)^2}{2}=\frac{(4)^2}{2}=\frac{16}{2}=8$ and $\text{a}_{23}=\frac{(2+3)^2}{2}=\frac{(5)^2}{2}=\frac{25}{2}$
Required matrix = $\text{A}=\begin{bmatrix}2&\frac{9}{2}&8\\\frac{9}{2}&8&\frac{25}{2}\end{bmatrix}$

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