document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=171317>Question 171317</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what does it mean for two matrixes to be equal? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #126491 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=126491\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If two matrices have their corresponding elements equal AND they are of the same order, then they are called equal matrices.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28matrix%282%2C2%2Ca%2Cb%2Cc%2Cd%29%29=%28matrix%282%2C2%2Cp%2Cq%2Cr%2Cs%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28matrix%282%2C2%2Ca%2Cb%2Cc%2Cd%29%29=%28matrix%282%2C2%2Cp%2Cq%2Cr%2Cs%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > if and only if\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a=p ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a=p\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=q ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=q\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c=r ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c=r\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d=s ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d=s\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28matrix%283%2C2%2Ca%2Cb%2Cc%2Cd%2Ce%2Cf%29%29%3C%3E%28matrix%282%2C3%2Ca%2Cb%2Cc%2Cd%2Ce%2Cf%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  because one is a 2 X 3 matrix and the other is a 3 X 2 matrix. </SPAN>\n" );
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