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Question
CBSEENMA12032993

Find AB, if A = open square brackets table row 0 cell negative 1 end cell row 0 2 end table close square brackets space and space straight B equals space open square brackets table row 3 5 row 0 0 end table close square brackets

Solution
A equals open square brackets table row 0 cell negative 1 end cell row 0 2 end table close square brackets space straight B equals space open square brackets table row 3 5 row 0 0 end table close square brackets
therefore space space space AB equals open square brackets table row 0 cell negative 1 end cell row 0 2 end table close square brackets space open square brackets table row 3 5 row 0 0 end table close square brackets equals open square brackets table row cell 0 plus 0 end cell cell 0 plus 0 end cell row cell 0 plus 0 end cell cell 0 plus 0 end cell end table close square brackets equals open square brackets table row 0 0 row 0 0 end table close square brackets equals 0

Note : In the case of real numbers a, b if a b = 0 then either a = 0 or b = 0.
But if the product of two matrices is a zero matrix, then it is not necessary that one of the matrices is a zero matrix.