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Find, x and y from the following equations :

[8x]+[y2]=[32]\begin{bmatrix} -8 & x \end{bmatrix} + \begin{bmatrix} y & -2 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} -3 & 2 \end{bmatrix}

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Given,

[8x]+[y2]=[32][8+yx+(2)]=[32]\Rightarrow \begin{bmatrix} -8 & x \end{bmatrix} + \begin{bmatrix} y & -2 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} -3 & 2 \end{bmatrix} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \begin{bmatrix} -8 + y & x + (-2) \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} -3 & 2 \end{bmatrix}

By definition of equality of matrices we get,

-8 + y = -3
⇒ y = -3 + 8 = 5.

x - 2 = 2
⇒ x = 2 + 2 = 4.

Hence, x = 4 and y = 5.

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