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Areas_of_Polygons

Areas of Polygons

Use determinants of matrices as a tool to find the areas of triangles and quadrilaterals.
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Coded Messages

Determine the product of two matrices and calculate the inverse of the 2 X 2 matrix.
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Matrix Inverses

Modify a 2 X 2 matrix being multiplied by another 2 X 2 matrix until their product is the identity matrix.
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Matrix Multiplication

Examine matrix multiplication to identify the conditions necessary to be able to multiply two matrices.
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Matrix Transformations

Grab vertices of a polygon undergoing reflections and rotations in the coordinate plane to determine the transformation’s type.
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Solving Systems with Row Operations 1

Use row operations to reduce an augmented matrix to its reduced row-echelon form.
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Solving Systems with Row Operations 2

Use matrices as a tool to solve a system of three equations with three unknowns.
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The Determinant of a Matrix

Calculate the determinant of a matrix and evaluate it to calculate the area of a triangle or quadrilateral.
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