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Question from peter, a student:

I have a array of 10 by 6 I would like to know how to find the terms 11 12 and tell me de formula the array is:
23 03 01 05 03 08 02 06 03 06
24 04 08 09 04 25 13 15 05 08
26 09 19 12 06 31 22 29 16 21
31 10 24 22 15 32 34 33 27 24
32 32 25 33 30 34 35 34 31 35

Hi Peter,

The terms or elements of a matrix are listed by row and column in the indices like below:

The term a₂₃ means that it is in the second row and the third column.

For help on solving, check out the article on augmented matrices.

Hope this helps,

Janice

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