Solve Matrix Multiplication Homework Statement

[roam]

Homework Statement

I look at the following:

(x_1\,\,x_2)\begin{pmatrix}1&2\\2&4\end{pmatrix}\binom {x_1}{x_2}=(x_1\,\,x_2)\binom {x_1+2x_2}{2x_1+4x_2}=x_1^2+2x_1x_2+2x_1x_2+4x_2^2

And I don't understand how they got from (x_1\,\,x_2)\binom {x_1+2x_2}{2x_1+4x_2} to x_1^2+2x_1x_2+2x_1x_2+4x_2^2.

The Attempt at a Solution

What process is used here? It surely is not matrix multiplication, otherwise the result would have to be a 1x2 matrix.

 

[tiny-tim]

Hi roam!

No, that longy thingy is a 1x2 column.

 

[guerom00]

Concerning matrix multiplication, the rule is that a (mxn) matrix multiplied by a (nxp) matrix gives a (mxp) matrix.
Here, you have a (1x2) matrix multiplied by a (2x2) multiplied by a (2x1). Which indeed leeds to a (1x1) matrix i.e. a number.
The part you don't understand is a (1x2) x (2x1) and applying the rules of matrix multiplication you indeed find the result