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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please Help Me <3 Does the associative property for multiplication work for matrices? Is A(BC)=(AB)C? Explain Why or Why not.

OpenStudy (omnomnom):

um.. IDK.. i dont take this type of math.. SORRY! T_T

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is that?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

bookmark for me.... i wanna see what others have to say...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ive waited for like 2 hrs now idk if anyone will....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the answer is yes... IF the matrices are square.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can you elaborate some more if you dont mind :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the only way I would elaborate on this is to do it the brute force method on the three matrices A, B, C... |dw:1351816825818:dw| figure out what A(BC) is then compare that to (AB)C... you'll find that the entries are the same...

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