Matrices 2: Adding and subtracting matrices

Overview:
  1. Introduction to matrices
  2. Adding and subtracting matrices
  3. Multiplying matrices
  4. 2 × 2 Matrices and linear transformations
  5. Determinants of 2 × 2 matrices
  6. Inverses of 2 × 2 matrices
  7. Invariant points and lines in 2 dimensions
  8. 3 × 3 Matrices and linear transformations
  9. Determinants of 3 × 3 matrices
  10. Inverses of 3 × 3 matrices
  11. Matrices and simultaneous equations

 Part 2: Adding and subtracting matrices


You can only add or subtract matrices A and B if they are the same order. We can work out A + B by simply adding the corresponding elements of the matrices. We can work out A − B by subtracting each element of B from the corresponding element of A.

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