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This matrix bis called the additive inverse of a,and is denoted by. Functions and equations are different mathematical objects so why is the equal sign. The resulting sums replace the column elements of row b while row a remains unchanged. A linear systemofequationsmusthave either nosolution, one solution,or in.
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