SOLUTION: This is a 2 x 2 matrix. y is a scalar. simplify. Do I distribute the y to everything? Is the correct answer [[2y^2+1,5y] [3xy-2,-2y]] ---------- or [[2y+y,5y] [3x-2y,-2y]].

Question 1127912: This is a 2 x 2 matrix. y is a scalar. simplify. Do I distribute the y to everything? Is the correct answer
[[2y^2+1,5y]
[3xy-2,-2y]]
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or
[[2y+y,5y]
[3x-2y,-2y]].
y[[2y+1,5],[3x-2,-2]]
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes, each element of the matrix is multiplied by y.
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|2y+1     1.5|
|3x-2      -2|
Times y:
|2y^2+y     1.5y|
|3xy-2y      -2y|

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