Exercise · ZW-MATRIX-MULTIPLICATION-008 · ★★☆ Intermediate
Which of these equalities holds for matrices \(A,B,C\) whose products are defined?
Choose one option.
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- B. \((AB)C=A(BC)\)
Explanation
The product is associative. It is not commutative, \((AB)^T=B^TA^T\), and nonzero matrices can have zero product.
Review the concept: Matrix multiplication
The product \(AB\) of two matrices \(A\) and \(B\), when \(A\) has as many columns as \(B\) has rows, is the matrix whose \((i,j)\) entry combines row \(i\) of \(A\) with column \(j\) of \(B\).
\[(AB)_{ij}=\sum_{k=1}^{n}a_{ik}b_{kj}\]
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