1.

> a <- matrix(c(8,10,13,7),nrow=2,ncol=2,byrow=T)

> b <- matrix(c(3,6,-2,4),nrow=2,ncol=2,byrow=T)

> a %*% b

[,1] [,2]

[1,] 4 88

[2,] 25 106

2.)

> a2 <- matrix(c(-1,2,-3,4,-5,7,12,14,16),nrow=3,ncol=3,byrow=T)

> b2 <- matrix(c(2,1,7,3,1,8,6,2,2),nrow=3,ncol=3,byrow=T)

> a2 %*% b2

[,1] [,2] [,3]

[1,] -14 -5 3

[2,] 35 13 2

[3,] 162 58 228

3.)

> a3 <- matrix(c(1,2,3,4,2,4,6,8,3,6,9,12,4,8,12,16),nrow=4,ncol=4,byrow=T)

> b3 <- matrix(c(0,6,2,2,1,2,3,4,2,3,4,6,1,3,5,7),nrow=4,ncol=4,byrow=T)

> a3 %*% b3

[,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]

[1,] 12 31 40 56

[2,] 24 62 80 112

[3,] 36 93 120 168

[4,] 48 124 160 224

4.)

> a4 <- matrix(c(4,8,12,5,10,15),nrow=2,ncol=3,byrow=T)

> b4 <- matrix(c(1,4,7,10,2,5,8,11,3,6,9,12),nrow=3,ncol=4,byrow=T)

> a4 %*% b4

[,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]

[1,] 56 128 200 272

[2,] 70 160 250 340

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