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# Find the value of y, if $\begin{bmatrix} x-y & 2 \\ x & 5 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 2 \\ 3 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$

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• If the order of 2 matrices are equal, their corresponding elements are equal, i.e, if $A_{ij}=B_{ij}$, then any element $a_{ij}$ in matrix A is equal to corresponding element $b_{ij}$ in matrix B.
• We can then match the corresponding elements and solve the resulting equations to find the values of the unknown variables.
Given:
$\begin{bmatrix} x-y & 2 \\ x & 5 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 2 \\ 3 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$
Since the given two matrices are equal,hence their corresponding elements should be equal.
$\Rightarrow x-y=2$------(1)
$\;\;\;x=3$--------(2)
Substitute the value of x in equation (1)
$3-y=2.$
$-y=2-3$
$-y=-1$
$y=1.$
answered Apr 9, 2013

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