ABDULRAZAQ MUHAMMAD SANI

BU/16C/ENG/2110
Find the Inverse of the matrix
2 2 6
2 6 −6
4 −8 −8

2 2 6 1 0 0
2 6 −6 0 1 0
4 −8 −8 0 0 1
R2 = R2 – R1
2 2 6 1 0 0
0 4 −12 −1 1 0
4 −8 −8 0 0 1
R3 = R3 – 2R1
2 2 6 1 0 0
0 4 −12 −1 1 0
0 −12 −20 −2 0 1
R1 = ½ R1
1
1 1 3 0 0
2
0 4 −12
−1 1 0
0 −12 −20
−2 0 1
R3 = R3 + 3R2
1
1 1 3 0 0
2
0 4 −12
−1 1 0
0 0 −56
−5 3 1
R2 = ¼ R2
1
0 0
1 1 3 2
0 1 −3 −1 1
0
0 0 −56 4 4
−5 3 1
R1 = R1 – R2
 3 −1
0
1 0 6 4 4
0 1 −3 −1 1
0
0 0 −56 4 4
−5 3 1

R3 = -1/56 R3
3 −1
0
4 4
1 0 6
−1 1
0 1 −3 0
4 4
0 0 1
5 −3 −1
56 56 56
R1 = R1 – 6R3
3 −1 3
14 14 28
1 0 0
−1 1
0 1 −3 0
4 4
0 0 1
5 −3 −1
56 56 56
R2 = R2 + 3R3
3 −1 3
14 14 28
1 0 0
1 5 −3
0 1 0
56 56 56
0 0 1
5 −3 −1
56 56 56
Therefore, this can be rewritten as:
12 4 6
1
-1
A = 1 5 −3
56
5 −3 1