Question

Find the inverse of the matrix

$\left[\begin{array}{cc}1& 0\\ 0& 1\\ & \end{array}\right]$

if it exists.

Short answer

The inverse of the given matrix is

$\left[\begin{array}{cc}1& 0\\ 0& 1\\ & \end{array}\right]$

.

Step-by-step solution

Step 1. Write down the given equation.

The given matrix is say

$P=\left[\begin{array}{cc}1& 0\\ 0& 1\\ & \end{array}\right]$

.

Step 2. Concept used.

The inverse of the matrix $A=\left[\begin{array}{cc}a& b\\ c& d\end{array}\right]$

exits if $\left|A\right|\ne 0$. And inverse of

$A=\left[\begin{array}{cc}a& b\\ c& d\\ & \end{array}\right]$

is given by the formula:

$A^{-1}=\frac{1}{\left|A\right|}\left[\begin{array}{cc}d& -b\\ -c& a\\ & \end{array}\right]$

where $\left|A\right|\ne 0$.

Step 3. Evaluating inverse of given matrix.

The inverse of the matrix is evaluated as:

$\begin{array}{l}P=\left[\begin{array}{cc}1& 0\\ 0& 1\end{array}\right]\mathrm{....}\left(\text{Given}\right)\\ \left|P\right|=1-0\\ =1\end{array}$

Now evaluating inverse of role="math" localid="1648234505353" $P=\left[\begin{array}{cc}1& 0\\ 0& 1\end{array}\right]$

by the formula stated above.

$\begin{array}{l}{P}^{-1}=\frac{1}{\left|1\right|}\left[\begin{array}{cc}1& 0\\ 0& 1\end{array}\right]\\ =\left[\begin{array}{cc}1& 0\\ 0& 1\end{array}\right]\end{array}$

Step 4. Conclusion.

Hence the inverse of the given matrix is$\left[\begin{array}{cc}1& 0\\ 0& 1\end{array}\right]$ .