SOLUTION: hi, true or false: you can multiply a 2*2 matrix by any matrix? true or false? thank you!!

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Question 109450This question is from textbook algebra2 with trigonometry
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true or false: you can multiply a 2*2 matrix by any matrix? true or false? thank you!!This question is from textbook algebra2 with trigonometry

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False, you can only multiply a 2x2 matrix by a matrix that has 2 rows (the number of columns does not matter). Remember, if you have a 2x2 matrix and you multiply it by 2x6 matrix the inner dimensions must match.