a)
Determinants.
Here is the formula for determinants:
M=(abcd)⇒det(M)=ad−bc
det(A)=3×6+5×3=33
det(B)=1×4−1×5=−1
det(C)=4×2+6×4=32
Determinant of a product of matrices.
If we have two n×n matrices M and N then:
det(MN)=det(M)det(N)
And it follows that if we have a third matrix P that:
det(MNP)=det(M)det(N)det(P)
Thus for our example we have:
det(ABC)=det(A)×det(B)×det(C)=33×−1×32=−1056
Inverse of a 2×2 matrix
Suppose M is a 2×2 matrix and det(M)=Δ≠0.
Then M is invertible and:
M=(abcd)⇒M−1=1Δ(d−b−ca)=(dΔ−bΔ−cΔaΔ)
Applying this to these examples we obtain:
b)
A−1=(211533−111111)
c)
B−1=(−4−1−5−1)
d)
C−1=(116316−1818)