Question
Find matrices $A$ and $B$, if $2 A-B=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}6 & -6 & 0 \\ -4 & 2 & 1\end{array}\right]$ and $A-2 B=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}3 & 2 & 8 \\ -2 & 1 & -7\end{array}\right]$

Answer

Given equations are
$\begin{array}{l}2 A-B=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}6 & -6 & 0 \\-4 & 2 & 1\end{array}\right] \ldots \text { (i) } \\\text { and } A-2 B=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}3 & 2 & 8 \\-2 & 1 & -7\end{array}\right] \ldots \text{(ii)}\end{array}$
By $(i) - (ii) \times\ 2$, we get
$3 B=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}6 & -6 & 0 \\-4 & 2 & 1\end{array}\right]-2\left[\begin{array}{ccc}3 & 2 & 8 \\-2 & 1 & -7\end{array}\right] $
$=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}6 & -6 & 0 \\-4 & 2 & 1\end{array}\right]-\left[\begin{array}{ccc}6 & 4 & 16 \\-4 & 2 & -14\end{array}\right] $
$=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}6-6 & -6-4 & 0-16 \\-4+4 & 2-2 & 1+14\end{array}\right] $
$\therefore 3 B=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}0 & -10 & -16 \\0 & 0 & 15\end{array}\right]$
$\therefore B=\frac{1}{3}\left[\begin{array}{ccc}0 & -10 & -16 \\0 & 0 & 15\end{array}\right] $
$\therefore B=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}0 & \frac{-10}{3} & \frac{-16}{3} \\0 & 0 & 5\end{array}\right]$
By $(i) \times 2- (ii)$, we get
$3 A =2\left[\begin{array}{ccc}6 & -6 & 0 \\-4 & 2 & 1\end{array}\right]-\left[\begin{array}{ccc}3 & 2 & 8 \\-2 & 1 & -7\end{array}\right] $
$=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}12 & -12 & 0 \\-8 & 4 & 2\end{array}\right]-\left[\begin{array}{ccc}3 & 2 & 8 \\-2 & 1 & -7\end{array}\right] $
$=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}12-3 & -12-2 & 0-8 \\-8+2 & 4-1 & 2+7\end{array}\right] $
$\therefore 3 A =\left[\begin{array}{ccc}9 & -14 & -8 \\-6 & 3 & 9\end{array}\right] $
$\therefore A =\frac{1}{3}\left[\begin{array}{ccc}9 & -14 & -8 \\-6 & 3 & 9\end{array}\right]$
$\therefore A=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}3 & \frac{-14}{3} & -\frac{8}{3} \\ -2 & 1 & 3\end{array}\right]$

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