Let $$A=\left[\begin{array}{cc}1 & \frac{1}{51} \\ 0 & 1\end{array}\right]$$. If $$\mathrm{B}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}1 & 2 \\ -1 & -1\end{array}\right] A\left[\begin{array}{cc}-1 & -2 \\ 1 & 1\end{array}\right]$$, then the sum of all the elements of the matrix $\sum_\limits{n=1}^{50} B^{n}$ is equal to
Solution
$$
\begin{aligned}
& \text { Let } C=\left[\begin{array}{cc}
1 & 2 \\
-1 & -1
\end{array}\right], \mathrm{D}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}
-1 & -2 \\
1 & 1
\end{array}\right] \\\\
& \mathrm{DC}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}
1 & 2 \\
-1 & -1
\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{cc}
-1 & -2 \\
1 & 1
\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{ll}
1 & 0 \\
0 & 1
\end{array}\right]=\mathrm{I}
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
& \mathrm{B}=\mathrm{CAD} \\\\
& \mathrm{B}^{\mathrm{n}}=\underbrace{(\mathrm{CAD})(\mathrm{CAD})(\mathrm{CAD}) \ldots(\mathrm{CAD})}_{\text {n-times }}
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>$\Rightarrow \mathrm{B}^{\mathrm{n}}=\mathrm{CA}^{\mathrm{n}} \mathrm{D}$
<br/><br/>$$
\mathrm{A}^2=\left[\begin{array}{cc}
1 & \frac{1}{51} \\
0 & 1
\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{cc}
1 & \frac{1}{51} \\
0 & 1
\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{cc}
1 & \frac{2}{51} \\
0 & 1
\end{array}\right]
$$
<br/><br/>$$
\mathrm{A}^3=\left[\begin{array}{cc}
1 & \frac{1}{51} \\
0 & 1
\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{cc}
1 & \frac{2}{51} \\
0 & 1
\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{cc}
1 & \frac{3}{51} \\
0 & 1
\end{array}\right]
$$
<br/><br/>$$
\text { Similarly } A^{\mathrm{n}}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}
1 & \frac{\mathrm{n}}{51} \\
0 & 1
\end{array}\right]
$$
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
\mathrm{B}^{\mathrm{n}} & =\left[\begin{array}{cc}
1 & 2 \\
-1 & -1
\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{cc}
1 & \frac{\mathrm{n}}{51} \\
0 & 1
\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{cc}
-1 & -2 \\
1 & 1
\end{array}\right] \\\\
& =\left[\begin{array}{cc}
1 & \frac{\mathrm{n}}{51}+2 \\
-1 & -\frac{\mathrm{n}}{51}-1
\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{cc}
-1 & -2 \\
1 & 1
\end{array}\right] \\\\
& =\left[\begin{array}{cc}
\frac{\mathrm{n}}{51}+1 & \frac{\mathrm{n}}{51} \\
-\frac{\mathrm{n}}{51} & 1-\frac{\mathrm{n}}{51}
\end{array}\right]
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>$$
\sum\limits_{n=1}^{50} B^n=\left[\begin{array}{cc}
50+\frac{50 \cdot 51}{2 \cdot 51} & \frac{50 \cdot 51}{2 \cdot 51} \\\\
\frac{-50 \cdot 51}{2 \cdot 51} & 50-\frac{50 \cdot 51}{2 \cdot 51}
\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{cc}
75 & 25 \\
-25 & 25
\end{array}\right]
$$
<br/><br/>$\therefore$ Sum of the elements = 100
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Matrices and Determinants · Topic: Types of Matrices and Operations
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