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Question
State, with reason, whether the following is true or false. A, B and C are matrices of order 2 × 2.
A2 – B2 = (A + B) (A – B)
Options
True
False
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Solution
This statement is False.
Explanation:
Laws of algebra for factorization and expansion are not applicable to matrices.
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