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Putnam 1969 B6

  • Session B

Let AA and BB be matrices of size 3×23\times 2 and 2×32\times 3 respectively. Suppose that AB=(82−2254−245).AB =\begin{pmatrix} 8 & 2 & -2 2 & 5 &4 -2 &4 &5 \end{pmatrix}. Show that the product BABA is equal to (9009).\begin{pmatrix} 9 &0 0 &9 \end{pmatrix}.

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