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What is a matrix?
Row i of [A] has n elements and is ai1 ai 2 ....ain
a1 j
and column j of [A] has m elements and is a
2j
a mj
Where:
aij = are the elements of the matrix
m = number of rows
n = number of columns
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Order of a Matrix
◦ Each matrix has rows and columns and this defines the size of the
matrix.
◦ If a matrix [A] has m rows and n columns, the size or order of the
matrix is denoted by m×n.
◦ The matrix [A] may also be denoted by [A] mxn to show that [A] is a
matrix with m rows and n columns.
◦ Each entry in the matrix is called the entry or element of the matrix
and is denoted by aij where i is the row number and j is the column
number of the element.
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What is a matrix?
The matrix for the tire sales example could be denoted by the matrix [A]
as:
25 20 3 2
[ A] 5 10 15 25
6 16 7 27
There are 3 rows and 4 columns, so the size of the matrix is 3×4.
In the above [A] matrix, a33 =7.
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Example: Find the order of the given matrix.
Answer:
Since the matrix has 2
rows(horizontal) and 4
columns (vertical), the
given matrix has an
order of 2 by 4.
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