Using elementary transformations, find the inverse of each of the matrices,

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Using elementary transformations, find the inverse of each of the matrices,
$[\begin{matrix} 2 & - 6 \\ 1 & - 2 \end{matrix}]$

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A = IA [ row transformation ]
$[\begin{array}{cc} 2 & - 6 \\ 1 & - 2 \end{array}] = [\begin{array}{cc} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{array}] A$
R₁ $\leftrightarrow$ R₂
$[\begin{array}{cc} 1 & - 2 \\ 2 & - 6 \end{array}] = [\begin{array}{cc} 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{array}] A$
R₂ $\leftrightarrow$ R₂ – 2R₁
$[\begin{array}{cc} 1 & - 2 \\ 0 & - 2 \end{array}] = [\begin{array}{cc} 0 & 1 \\ 1 & - 2 \end{array}] A$
R₁ $\leftrightarrow$ R₁ – R₂
$[\begin{array}{cc} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & - 2 \end{array}] = [\begin{array}{cc} - 1 & 3 \\ 1 & - 2 \end{array}] A$
$R_{2} \to (\frac{- 1}{2}) R_{2}$
$[\begin{array}{cc} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{array}] = [\begin{array}{cc} - 1 & 3 \\ - 1 / 2 & 1 \end{array}] A$
$∴ A^{- 1} = [\begin{array}{cc} - 1 & 3 \\ - 1 / 2 & 1 \end{array}]$

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