If $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}, \operatorname{and}\left(\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{A}^{-1}\right)+\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{B}^{-1}\right)\right)$ are non-singular matrices of same order, then the inverse of $A\left(\operatorname{adj}\left(A^{-1}\right)+\operatorname{adj}\left(B^{-1}\right)\right)^{-1} B$, is equal to
Solution
<p>$$\begin{aligned}
& {\left[\mathrm{A}\left(\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{~A}^{-1}\right)+\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{B}^{-1}\right)\right)^{-1} \cdot \mathrm{~B}\right]^{-1}} \\
& \mathrm{~B}^{-1} \cdot\left(\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{~A}^{-1}\right)+\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{B}^{-1}\right)\right) \cdot \mathrm{A}^{-1} \\
& \mathrm{~B}^{-1} \operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{~A}^{-1}\right) \mathrm{A}^{-1}+\mathrm{B}^{-1}\left(\operatorname{adj}\left(\mathrm{~B}^{-1}\right)\right) \cdot \mathrm{A}^{-1} \\
& \mathrm{~B}^{-1}\left|\mathrm{~A}^{-1}\right| \mathrm{I}+\left|\mathrm{B}^{-1}\right| \mathrm{IA}^{-1} \\
& \frac{\mathrm{~B}^{-1}}{|\mathrm{~A}|}+\frac{\mathrm{A}^{-1}}{|\mathrm{~B}|} \\
& \Rightarrow \frac{\operatorname{adjB}}{|\mathrm{B}||\mathrm{A}|}+\frac{\operatorname{adj}}{|\mathrm{A}||\mathrm{B}|} \\
& =\frac{1}{|\mathrm{~A}||\mathrm{B}|}(\operatorname{adjB}+\operatorname{adjA})
\end{aligned}$$</p>
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Matrices and Determinants · Topic: Types of Matrices and Operations
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