Question

State whether each sentence is true or false. If false, replace the underlined term to make a true sentence.

Each number in a matrix is called a(n) dimension.

Short answer

The given statement is false. The corrected statement is:

“Each number in a matrix is called a(n) element”.

Step-by-step solution

Step 1. State the concept of dimension of a matrix.

In the matrix, the number rows by the number of the columns are given by the dimension of the matrix.

Step 2. Explanation of the statement. 

Since the statement is talking about each element of the matrix and not the rows and column therefore, clearly the statement is false because each number of matrices is called as element of the matrix.

Step 3. Write the correct statement.

Hence, the given statement is false. The corrected statement is:

“Each number in a matrix is called a(n) element.”