SOLUTION: Find nonzero matrices A; B; C such that AC = BC and A does not equal B.

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Question 841015: Find nonzero matrices A; B; C such that AC = BC
and A does not equal B.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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You can't because if
AC=BC
Then by distributive property of matrix multiplication.
AC-BC=0
%28A-B%29C=0
and if C is a non-zero matrix and 0 is the zero matrix, then
A=B