Trouble with Inverse Matrices - Can You Help?

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Homework Statement


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Homework Equations


I think it may have to do with inverse matrices or multiplication using the identity matrix

The Attempt at a Solution



I got the inverse of...

1,-2, 2, 2,-3
3,-5, 6, 2,-4
2,-2, 5,-4, 4
1,-3, 1, 7,-8
3,-4, 7, 0, 2

as...

-6,-14,25,20,-7
2,-13,19,14,-5
4, -2, 1, 0, 0
0, -1, 1, 1, 0
-1, 2 ,-3,-2, 1

and I premultiplied that to...

87, 57, 10,117,-101
208,232,133,330,-146
83,297,235,229, 116
154,-58,-97,112,-245
240,382,278,370, 092

But nothing really seems to make sense. Thanks if you can help!
 
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It looks to me like it's one big giant matrix and you'd have to do the row operations to get the first 5 columns in the identity format and see what that does to the last 5 columns.
Are you looking for the norm of columns 6-10? The question isn't entirely clear to me.
 
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Yes, you have to do raw, direct calculations. But the semi-identity matrix will make it easier