SOLUTION: Dear Math tutor, A=[2 2] ...[2 -2] *the four numbers are meant to be in one big bracket. A^2? what, I've never seen or dealt with powers in matrices! could the answer

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Question 784640: Dear Math tutor,
A=[2 2]
...[2 -2]
*the four numbers are meant to be in one big bracket.
A^2?
what, I've never seen or dealt with powers in matrices!
could the answer be [4 4]
.................................[4 4] cant be, it seems too easy!
thank you,
best wishes
nats



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If you have a 2X2 matrix:





Where









So if



Then



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