Introduction
Many companies will often use spreadsheets to organize data so they can analyze it. Data is entered in rows and columns like a matrix.
Matrices are created to be able to organize a lot of data and information. Once the data is organized in matrices, we can use different matrix operations to find different values to analyze the data.
Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...
- Add and subtract matrices of appropriate dimensions.
Essential Questions
- How do you add, subtract , multiply and find the inverse of a matrix?
- How can you use a matrix to represent data?
Enduring Understandings
- Students understand how to manipulate matrices.
The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study Algebra II with Statistics standards: 4.