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Multiply [[1,2],[3,4]] - [[4,3],[2,1]]: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step matrices video lesson with captions. Final answer: A − B = [[-3, -1], [1, 3]].

Video with a synthetic English voice and captions. Pick another language for subtitles in that language, or open the interactive version.

Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.2 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

Steps on screen

  1. 1. The problem
    Worked example
    A − B: A = [[1, 2], [3, 4]]
  2. 2. Step by step
    1. A=[1234] (2×2)A = \begin{bmatrix}1 & 2 \\ 3 & 4\end{bmatrix}\ (2×2)
      Read matrix A
    2. B=[4321] (2×2)B = \begin{bmatrix}4 & 3 \\ 2 & 1\end{bmatrix}\ (2×2)
      Read matrix B
    3. c11=1−(4)=−3c_{11} = 1 - (4) = -3
      Subtract matching entries
    4. [−3−113]\begin{bmatrix}-3 & -1 \\ 1 & 3\end{bmatrix}
      Result
  3. 3. The answer
    [−3−113]\begin{bmatrix}-3 & -1 \\ 1 & 3\end{bmatrix}

    [[-3, -1], [1, 3]]

  4. 4. Check
    • All arithmetic is exact (fractions, no rounding).

Transcript

The problem. Here is the problem: A minus B: A equals [[1, 2], [3, 4]]. Compute A minus B exactly.

Step by step. Read matrix A. Read matrix B. Subtract matching entries. Result.

The answer. So the answer is A minus B equals [[-3, negative 1], [1, 3]]. Addition and subtraction work entry by entry and require matrices of the same size.

Check. All arithmetic is exact (fractions, no rounding).

About matrices

Determinants, inverses, products, transposes and eigenvalues of matrices.

Multiply [[1,2],[3,4]] - [[4,3],[2,1]]: Matrices Lesson