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Solved by pluggable solver: Finding the Inverse of a 2x2 Matrix

To find the inverse of the matrix \"A=%28matrix%282%2C2%2C-1%2C6%2C0%2C-1%29%29\", we can follow these steps:

Step 1) Find the determinant



The determinant of \"%28matrix%282%2C2%2C-1%2C6%2C0%2C-1%29%29\" is \"abs%28matrix%282%2C2%2C-1%2C6%2C0%2C-1%29%29=1\". So this means that \"d=1\"

Step 2) Swap the values



Now switch the highlighted values \"%28matrix%282%2C2%2Chighlight%28-1%29%2C6%2C0%2Chighlight%28-1%29%29%29\" to get \"%28matrix%282%2C2%2Chighlight%28-1%29%2C6%2C0%2Chighlight%28-1%29%29%29\"

Step 3) Change the sign



Now change the sign of the highlighted values \"%28matrix%282%2C2%2C-1%2Chighlight%286%29%2Chighlight%280%29%2C-1%29%29\" to get \"%28matrix%282%2C2%2C-1%2Chighlight%28-6%29%2Chighlight%280%29%2C-1%29%29\"

Step 4) Multiply by the inverse of the determinant



Multiply by \"1%2Fd\" to get \"%281%2Fd%29%28matrix%282%2C2%2C-1%2C-6%2C0%2C-1%29%29\"

Plug in \"d=1\" to get \"%281%29%28matrix%282%2C2%2C-1%2C-6%2C0%2C-1%29%29\"

Step 5) Multiply \"1\" by every element in the matrix (simplify and reduce if possible)



Multiply \"1\" by EVERY element to get

Multiply to get \"%28matrix%282%2C2%2C-1%2F1%2C-6%2F1%2C0%2F1%2C-1%2F1%29%29\"

Reduce each element: \"%28matrix%282%2C2%2C-1%2C-6%2C0%2C-1%29%29\"


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Answer:

So the inverse of \"%28matrix%282%2C2%2C-1%2C6%2C0%2C-1%29%29\" is \"%28matrix%282%2C2%2C-1%2C-6%2C0%2C-1%29%29\"

This means that if \"A=%28matrix%282%2C2%2C-1%2C6%2C0%2C-1%29%29\" then \"A%5E%28-1%29=%28matrix%282%2C2%2C-1%2C-6%2C0%2C-1%29%29\"
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