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- a.Since adding the two equations results in
 the false statement 0 = 8, there can be no solu-
 tion of this system.
- a.Since multiplying the first equation by –2
 and then adding the two equations results in
 the true statement 0 = 0, there are infinitely
 many solutions of this system.
- c.There is no error.
- a.The two matrices on the left side of the
 equality do not have the same dimension, so
 their sum is undefined.
 997. b.The inner dimension of the two matrices on
 the left side are not the same. Therefore, they
 cannot be multiplied.
 998. b.The difference is computed in the wrong
 order. The correct statement should be
det = (4)(–1) – (2)(1) = –6.- c.There is no error.
- a.You cannot add a 22 matrix and a real
 number because their dimensions are different.
 The sum is not well-defined.
 1001.c.There is no error.
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