{"id":18279,"date":"2025-06-12T22:38:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=18279"},"modified":"2025-06-12T22:38:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:38:21","slug":"when-multiplying-a-3x1-matrix-and-a-1x3-matrix-the-resultant-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/when-multiplying-a-3x1-matrix-and-a-1x3-matrix-the-resultant-matrix\/","title":{"rendered":"When multiplying a 3&#215;1 matrix and a 1&#215;3 matrix the resultant matrix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When multiplying a 3&#215;1 matrix and a 1&#215;3 matrix the resultant matrix is a Group of answer choices 1&#215;1 1&#215;3 3&#215;3 3&#215;1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is:<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Correct Answer: <strong>3&#215;3<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand the result of multiplying a <strong>3\u00d71<\/strong> matrix and a <strong>1\u00d73<\/strong> matrix, we must look at the <strong>rules of matrix multiplication<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matrix Dimensions:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s define two matrices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Matrix A<\/strong> (3\u00d71): 3 rows and 1 column<br>Example: A=[a1a2a3]A = \\begin{bmatrix} a_1 \\\\ a_2 \\\\ a_3 \\end{bmatrix}<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Matrix B<\/strong> (1\u00d73): 1 row and 3 columns<br>Example: B=[b1b2b3]B = \\begin{bmatrix} b_1 &amp; b_2 &amp; b_3 \\end{bmatrix}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matrix Multiplication Rule:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Matrix multiplication is defined only when the <strong>number of columns in the first matrix equals the number of rows in the second matrix<\/strong>. For these two matrices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A has 1 column<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B has 1 row<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the inner dimensions match (1 = 1), we can multiply them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resulting Dimensions:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>resulting matrix has the dimensions of the outer numbers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A is 3\u00d71<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B is 1\u00d73<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>So the product AB is <strong>3\u00d73<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A=[246],B=[135]A = \\begin{bmatrix} 2 \\\\ 4 \\\\ 6 \\end{bmatrix}, \\quad B = \\begin{bmatrix} 1 &amp; 3 &amp; 5 \\end{bmatrix} AB=[2\u22c512\u22c532\u22c554\u22c514\u22c534\u22c556\u22c516\u22c536\u22c55]=[26104122061830]AB = \\begin{bmatrix} 2 \\cdot 1 &amp; 2 \\cdot 3 &amp; 2 \\cdot 5 \\\\ 4 \\cdot 1 &amp; 4 \\cdot 3 &amp; 4 \\cdot 5 \\\\ 6 \\cdot 1 &amp; 6 \\cdot 3 &amp; 6 \\cdot 5 \\end{bmatrix} = \\begin{bmatrix} 2 &amp; 6 &amp; 10 \\\\ 4 &amp; 12 &amp; 20 \\\\ 6 &amp; 18 &amp; 30 \\end{bmatrix}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the resulting matrix is <strong>3\u00d73<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is known as the <strong>outer product<\/strong> of two vectors. A column vector (3\u00d71) and a row vector (1\u00d73) produce a square matrix where each element is the product of the respective elements from A and B. This concept is widely used in linear algebra, machine learning, and physics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When multiplying a 3&#215;1 matrix and a 1&#215;3 matrix the resultant matrix is a Group of answer choices 1&#215;1 1&#215;3 3&#215;3 3&#215;1 The correct answer and explanation is: Correct Answer: 3&#215;3 Explanation: To understand the result of multiplying a 3\u00d71 matrix and a 1\u00d73 matrix, we must look at the rules of matrix multiplication. 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