Exercise · ZW-MATRIX-OF-A-LINEAR-TRANSFORMATION-001 · ★☆☆ Basic

What is the matrix of \(T(x,y)=(2x+y,\,3x-y)\) in the standard bases?

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  • A. \(\begin{pmatrix}2&1\\3&-1\end{pmatrix}\)

Explanation

The coefficients of each component form a row: the first is \((2,1)\) and the second \((3,-1)\). This is the same as using \(T(e_1)=(2,3)\) and \(T(e_2)=(1,-1)\) as columns.

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