Question
Find $x,y$ if $\left[\begin{array}{cc}-2 & 0 \\ 3 & 1\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{c}-1 \\ 2 x\end{array}\right]+3\left[\begin{array}{c}-2 \\ 1\end{array}\right]=2\left[\begin{array}{l}y \\ 3\end{array}\right].$

Answer

$\left[\begin{array}{cc}-2 & 0 \\ 3 & 1\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{c}-1 \\ 2 x\end{array}\right]+3\left[\begin{array}{c}-2 \\ 1\end{array}\right]=2\left[\begin{array}{l}y \\ 3\end{array}\right]$
$\left[\begin{array}{c}2+0 \\ -3+2 x\end{array}\right]+\left[\begin{array}{c}-6 \\ 3\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{c}2 y \\ 6\end{array}\right]$
$\left[\begin{array}{c}-4 \\ 2 x\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{c}2 y \\ 6\end{array}\right]$
$\Rightarrow 2 y =-4,2 x =6$
$\Rightarrow y =-2, x =3$
Thus required values is $x=3, y=-2.$

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