A2 Ch. 4 Vocab - Matrices

the vertical set of numbers in a matrix

• column

• row

• element

• dimension

the horizontal set of numbers in a matrix

• row

• column

• element

• dimension

a method that uses determinants to solve a system of linear equations

• Cramer's Rule

• scalar multiplication

• Pythagorean Theorem

• Decartes' Rule

A square array of numbers or variables enclosed between two parallel lines

• determinant

• matrix

• element

• absolute value

The number of rows, m, and the number of columns, n, of the matrix written as m x n.

• dimensions

• determinant

• matrix

• element

Each value in a matrix.

• element

• determinant

• row

• matrix equation

two matrices that have the same dimensions and each element of one matrix is equal to the corresponding element of the other matrix

• equal matrices

• scalar multiplication

• Cramer's Rule

• identity matrix

any rectangular array of variables or constants in horizontal rows and vertical columns

• matrix

• row

• column

• prism

a matrix form used to represent a system of equations

• matrix equation

• determinant

• equal matrices

• element

multiplying any matrix by a constant called a scalar

• scalar multiplication

• dimension

• scalar distribution

• scalar property