$312.50 = p x 0.25 x 25
divided by 25
12.50 = p x 0.25
divide by 0.25
50 = principal
Just ask if anything is unclear
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I’m sorry but I don’t see the paper or the homework that you have
Answer: ![A^{-1}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}\frac{3}{2}&-\frac{1}{2}\\-2&1\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=A%5E%7B-1%7D%3D%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcc%7D%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B2%7D%26-%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%5C%5C-2%261%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
<u>Step-by-step explanation:</u>
![\left[\begin{array}{cc}2&1\\4&3\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{cc}1&0\\0&1\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcc%7D2%261%5C%5C4%263%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D%3D%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcc%7D1%260%5C%5C0%261%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
![\dfrac{1}{2}Row\ 1\rightarrow\left[\begin{array}{cc}1&\frac{1}{2}\\4&3\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{cc}\frac{1}{2}&0\\0&1\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7DRow%5C%201%5Crightarrow%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcc%7D1%26%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%5C%5C4%263%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D%3D%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcc%7D%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%260%5C%5C0%261%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
![Row\ 2 -4 \ Row\ 1\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cc}1&\frac{1}{2}\\0&1\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{cc}\frac{1}{2}&0\\-2&1\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=Row%5C%202%20-4%20%5C%20Row%5C%201%5Crightarrow%20%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcc%7D1%26%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%5C%5C0%261%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D%3D%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcc%7D%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%260%5C%5C-2%261%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
![Row\ 1-\dfrac{1}{2}\ Row\ 2 \rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cc}1&0\\0&1\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{cc}\frac{3}{2}&-\frac{1}{2}\\-2&1\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=Row%5C%201-%5Cdfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%5C%20Row%5C%202%20%5Crightarrow%20%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcc%7D1%260%5C%5C0%261%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D%3D%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcc%7D%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B2%7D%26-%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%5C%5C-2%261%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
<span>Line Segment: A line segment is just part of a line. Remember above when I said that lines are indefinite, and that they keep going and going? Line segments stop somewhere in both directions.</span><span>
Therefore its defined.
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