# Calculate the solution using X = A^-1B

• Sep 24th 2011, 07:03 AM
kmjt
Calculate the solution using X = A^-1B
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I wrote the system of equations in the form AX = B, however how would I go about calculating the solution using the equation X = A^-1B? (Headbang)
• Sep 24th 2011, 07:17 AM
Plato
Re: Calculate the solution using X = A^-1B
Go to this web page.
You will find material of inverses of a $2\times 2$ matrix.
• Sep 24th 2011, 12:20 PM
HallsofIvy
Re: Calculate the solution using X = A^-1B
You would find the inverse of the matrix and multiply by it! That is exactly what $A^{-1}B$ means.

The inverse of the two by two matrix [tex]\begin{bmatrix}a & b \\ c & d\end{bmatrix} is $\frac{1}{\Delta}\begin{bmatrix}d & -b \\ -c & a\end{bmatrix}$ where $\Delta= ad- bc$, the determinant of the matrix. Be sure to do the multiplication in the order shown.
• Sep 24th 2011, 05:52 PM
Deveno
Re: Calculate the solution using X = A^-1B
if $AX = B$

then $A^{-1}(AX) = A^{-1}B$ so

$(A^{-1}A)X = A^{-1}B$, that is:

$IX = X = A^{-1}B$.

so if A is indeed invertible, then calculating $A^{-1}B$ tells you which vector "X" is.