Addition and Subtraction of Matrices

LEARNING OBJECTIVE
1. Add and Subtract matrices

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Addition and Subtraction of matrices
• You can add and subtract matrices by adding and subtracting their
corresponding elements.
• Matrices have to have the same dimensions in order to be added or
subtracted.
EXAMPLES
Calculate
(a) (b)

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Solutions
(a)

(b)

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Exercise 1
1. For the matrices,

Find
(a) (b)

(d) (d)

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