Let A and B be two square matrices of order 3 such that $\mathrm{|A|=3}$ and $\mathrm{|B|=2}$. Then $$|\mathrm{A}^{\mathrm{T}} \mathrm{A}(\operatorname{adj}(2 \mathrm{~A}))^{-1}(\operatorname{adj}(4 \mathrm{~B}))(\operatorname{adj}(\mathrm{AB}))^{-1} \mathrm{AA}^{\mathrm{T}}|$$ is equal to :
Solution
<p>$$\begin{aligned}
& |A|=3 \\
& |B|=2 \\
& \left.\left|A^T\right||A| \mid(\operatorname{adj}(2 A))^{-1}\|\operatorname{adj}(4 B)\|(\operatorname{adj}(A B))^{-1}\right)|A|\left|A^T\right| \\
& 3 \cdot 3 \frac{1}{64 \cdot 9}(64)^2 \cdot 4 \cdot \frac{1}{9 \cdot 4} 3 \cdot 3 \\
& =64
\end{aligned}$$</p>
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Matrices and Determinants · Topic: Types of Matrices and Operations
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