I get to a dead end with the 5th part

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In summary, the conversation is about solving for the inverse of a linear transformation given a specific equation. The person trying to solve it initially got stuck and asked for help. They were then given a suggestion to multiply both sides by the inverse and continued to explain their solution. The expert then pointed out a simpler solution and clarified the concept of inverses. The conversation ended with the person realizing their mistake and stating the answer.
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I had already answered this. Please stop double posting.

You are given that A2- A= -I for linear transformation A and you are asked to find A-1. In your solution you multiply both sides by A-1 (as I had suggested before) and get A- I= -A-1. Then you do a lot of things that I don't understand.

Just multiply on both sides by -1 to get A-1= I- A. What more do you want?
 
  • #3
ohhh that's the answer
i thought that we need toeliminate A totaly
 
  • #4
Actually, way back where you had A(A- I)=-I you could have written that as A(I-A)= I and said "Since I-A, multiplying A give the identity, I-A must be the inverse of A!"
 

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