ECZ 2018 · GCE Paper 1 — Matrices

The transpose of a matrix P is 134251301. Write down the matrix P.

  • A. [1 2 3; 3 5 0; 4 1 1]
  • B. [1 3 4; 2 5 1; 3 0 1]
  • C. [3 0 1; 2 5 1; 1 3 4]
  • D. [4 3 1; 1 5 2; 1 0 3]

Verified working — step 1

Transposing twice brings a matrix back: (PT)T = P. So transpose the GIVEN matrix once more.

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