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a single linear equation with two or more unknown must have infinitely many solutions

false

an expression of an invertible matrix a as a product of elementary matrices is unique

false

an m x n matrix has m column vectors and n row vectors

false

elementary row operations permit one row of an augmented matrix to be subtracted from another

false

every matrix has a unique row echelon form

false

for all square matrices A and B of the same size, if it true that (A+B)2=A2+2ab+b2

false

for all square matrices A and B of the same size, it is true that A2-B2=(A-B)(A+B)

false

for every square matrix Am it is true that tr(At)=tr(A)

false

if A and B are invertible matrices of the same size, then AB is invertible and (AB)-1=A-1B-1

false

if A and B are matrices such that AB is defined, then it is true that (ab)t=atbt

false

if A and B are square matrices of the same order, then tr(AB)=tr(A)tr(B)

false

if A, B, and C are square matrices of the same order such that AC=BC, then A=B

false

if B has a column of zeros, then so does BA if this product is defined

false

if a and b are 2 x 2 matrices, then AB=BA

false

if a linear system has more unknowns than equations, then it must have infinitely many solutions

false

if an elementary row operation is applied to a matrix that is in row echelon form, the resulting matrix will still be in row echelon form

false

if every column of a matrix in row echelon form has a leading 1, then all entries that are not leading 1's are zeros

false

if p(x)=ao+a1x+a2x+. . . +amxm and I is an identity matrix, then p(I)=a0+a1+a2+...+am

false

if the number of equations in a linear system exceeds the nmber of unknowns then the system must be consistent

false

if the reduced row echelon form of the augmented matrix for a linear system has a row of zeros, then the system must have infinitely many solutions

false

multiplying a row of an augmented matrix through by zero is an acceptable elementary row operations

false

the ith row vector of a matrix product AB can be computed by multiplying a by the ith row vector of B

false

the product of two elementary matrices of the same size must be an elementary matrix

false

the sum of two invertible matrices of the same size must be invertible

false

two nxn matrices, A and B, are inverses of one another if and only if AB=BA=0

false

If A is an nxn matrix that is not invertible, then the matrix obtained by interchanging two rows of A cannot be invertible

true

Let A and B be nxn matrices. if A or B (or both) are not invertible, then neither is AB

true

a homogenous linear system in n unknowns whose corresponding augmented matrix has a reduced row echelon form with r leading 1's has n-r free variables

true

a linear system whose equations are all homogeneous must be consistent

true

a square matrix containing a row or column or zeros cannot be invertible

true

all leading 1's in a matrix in row echelon form must occur in different columns

true

every elementary matrix is invertible

true

for every matrix, A, it is true that (At)t=A

true

if A and B are matrices of the same size and k is a constant, then (kA+B)t=kAt+Bt

true

if A and B are nxn matrices such that AB=In, then BA=In

true

if A and B are row equivalent, and if B and C are row equivalent, then A and C are row equivalent

true

if A and B are rpw equivalent matrices, then the linear systems Ax=0 and Bx=0 have the same solution set

true

if A and B are square matrices of the same order, then (AB)t=AtBt

true

if A is a 6x4 matrix an B is an mxn matrix such that BtAt is a 2x6 matrix, then m=4 and n=2

true

if A is a square matrix, and if the linear system Ax=b as a unique solution, then the linear system Ax=c also must have a unique solution

true

if A is an invertible matrix, then so is At

true

if A is an nxn matrix and c is a scalar, then tr(cA)=ctr(a)

true

if A is an nxn matrix that is not invertivle, then the linear system Ax=0 has infinitely many solutions

true

if A, B, and C are matrices of the same size such that A-C=B-C, the A=B

true

if AB=BA is defined, then A and B are square matrices of the same size

true

if B has a column of zeros, then so does AB if this product is defined

true

if a homogenous linear system of n equations in n unknowns has a corresponding augmented marix with a reduced row echelon form containing n leading 1's, then the linear system has only the trivial solution

true

if a is invertible and a multiple of the first row of a is added to the second row, then the resulting matrix is invertible

true

if a matrix is in reduced row echelon form, then it is also in row echelon form

true

if each equation in a consistent linear system is multiplied through by a consistent c, then all solutions to the new system can be obtained by multiplying solutions from the original system by c

true

it is impossible for a system of linear equations to have exactly two solutions

true

let A be an nxn matrix and s is an nxn invertible matrix. if x is a solution to the linear system (S-1AS)x=b, then Sx is a solution to the linear solution Ay=Sb

true

let A be an nxn matrix, the linear system Ax=4x has a unique solution if an only if A-4i is an invertible matrix

true

the linear system x-y=3 2x-2y=k cannot have a unique solutions, regardless of the value of k

true

the linear system with corresponding augmented matrix 2 -1 4 0 0 -1 is consistent

true

the matrix A=a b c d is invertible if and only if ab-bc is not equal to zero

true

the matrix 1 2 3 4 5 6 has no main diagonal

true


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