If $A$ and $B$ are invertible square matrices of the same order, then which of the following is not correct? |
$\text{adj } A = |A| \cdot A^{-1}$ $\det(A)^{-1} = [\det(A)]^{-1}$ $(AB)^{-1} = B^{-1}A^{-1}$ $(A + B)^{-1} = B^{-1} + A^{-1}$ |
$(A + B)^{-1} = B^{-1} + A^{-1}$ |
The correct answer is Option (4) → $(A + B)^{-1} = B^{-1} + A^{-1}$ ## Given, $A$ and $B$ are invertible matrices. Therefore, $(AB)^{-1} = B^{-1}A^{-1}$ ...(i) Also, $A^{-1} = \frac{1}{|A|}(\text{adj } A)$ $⇒\text{adj } A = |A| \cdot A^{-1}$ ...(ii) Also, $\det(A)^{-1} = [\det(A)]^{-1}$ $⇒\det(A)^{-1}=\frac{1}{[\det(A)]}$ $⇒\det(A) \cdot \det(A)^{-1} = 1$, which is true. ...(iii) Again, $(A + B)^{-1} = \frac{1}{|A+B|}\text{adj}(A+B)$ $⇒(A + B)^{-1} \neq B^{-1} + A^{-1}$ ...(iv) |