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Introduction to Matrices:


The word “matrices” is plural of the word…..
a) matric                                               
b) matris     
c) matrix                              
d) none of these

c

The term matrix was first introduced by the mathematician………in……
a)
Georg Cantor, 1567       
b) Leonhard Euler, 1732 
c) Grigori Perelman, 1821 
d)
Arther Cayley, 1860

d

……….is the rectangular array (arrangements) of square number enclosed in square brackets.
a) bracket number                              
b) matrix
c) imaginary numbers        
d) none of these

b

Generally the matrices are denoted by……
a) capital letters                  
b) numbers
c) operational signs                             
d) small letters

a

Each number in a matrix is called a/an………
a) element                                            
b) entry
c) both a and b                    
d) none of these

c

the number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are the elements or entries of the matrix A