AQA Further Paper 2 Specimen — Question 9 6 marks

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleFurther Paper 2 (Further Paper 2)
SessionSpecimen
Marks6
TopicMatrices

9 A student claims:
"Given any two non-zero square matrices, \(\mathbf { A }\) and \(\mathbf { B }\), then \(( \mathbf { A B } ) ^ { - 1 } = \mathbf { B } ^ { - 1 } \mathbf { A } ^ { - 1 }\) " 9
  1. Explain why the student's claim is incorrect giving a counter example.
    [0pt] [2 marks]
    9
  2. Refine the student's claim to make it fully correct.
    [0pt] [1 mark]
    9
  3. Prove that your answer to part (b) is correct.
    [0pt] [3 marks]