If A is matrix of order m × n and B is a matrix such that AB’ and B’A are both defined, then order of matrix B is
Correct Answer :
m × n
Solution :
The correct option is m × n.
Let the order of matrix be .
This means that matrix has rows and columns.
The transpose of matrix , denoted as , is obtained by interchanging its rows and columns.
Therefore, the order of matrix is .
We are given that the order of matrix is .
For the matrix product to be defined, the number of columns in the first matrix () must be equal to the number of rows in the second matrix ().
The number of columns in is , and the number of rows in is .
Therefore, we must have:
Similarly, for the matrix product to be defined, the number of columns in the first matrix () must be equal to the number of rows in the second matrix ().
The number of columns in is , and the number of rows in is .
Therefore, we must have:
Substituting the values of and back into the order of matrix (), we get the order of matrix as .
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