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Q.Write the order of each of the following matrices and state whether each is a row matrix, column matrix, square matrix, diagonal matrix, scalar matrix, unit (identity) matrix or null matrix:

(i) P=(307)P=\begin{pmatrix}3 & 0 & 7\end{pmatrix}
(ii) Q=(2−15)Q=\begin{pmatrix}2\\-1\\5\end{pmatrix}
(iii) R=(4004)R=\begin{pmatrix}4&0\\0&4\end{pmatrix}
(iv) S=(1001)S=\begin{pmatrix}1&0\\0&1\end{pmatrix}
(v) T=(0000)T=\begin{pmatrix}0&0\\0&0\end{pmatrix}
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  1. PP has 11 row and 33 columns, so its order is 1×31\times3. A matrix with exactly one row is by definition a row matrix.
  2. QQ has 33 rows and 11 column, order 3×13\times1 — a column matrix.
  3. R=(4004)R=\begin{pmatrix}4&0\\0&4\end{pmatrix} has 22 rows and 22 columns, order 2×22\times2, so it is a square matrix. Its off-diagonal entries are both 00, so it is also a diagonal matrix; and its diagonal entries (4,44,4) are equal, so it further qualifies as a scalar matrix.
  4. S=(1001)S=\begin{pmatrix}1&0\\0&1\end{pmatrix} is order 2×22\times2, diagonal, and its diagonal entries are both 11 — the defining property of the unit (identity) matrix I2I_2.
  5. T=(0000)T=\begin{pmatrix}0&0\\0&0\end{pmatrix} is order 2×22\times2 with every entry 00, so it is the null matrix OO. Independent check: re-reading each matrix entry by entry against the definitions in Section 1 (row count, column count, position and value of zero/non-zero entries) confirms every classification above without any arithmetic to go wrong — a matrix's type is read directly off its shape and pattern, so the check is simply re-verifying the pattern-matching was done correctly, which it was.
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    P: 1×31\times3 row matrix. Q: 3×13\times1 column matrix. R: 2×22\times2 diagonal and scalar matrix. S: 2×22\times2 unit (identity) matrix. T: 2×22\times2 null matrix.

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