Subtracting Matrices help?

Question

The tables below compare enrollment of boys and girls in a community theater program during each season throughout a year.

                             Fall    Winter    Spring    Summer

Number of Girls    23        20          25            32

Enrolled                

                             Fall      Winter    Spring   Summer

Number of Boys    20           18           24         30

Enrolled

a.  Create two 1 × 4 matrices based on the data and then subtract the matrices

Answer 1

(a)

Observe the table for number of girls enrolled in different seasons throughout the year:

Let the each column represent the number of girls enrolled in different seasons.

Let the row represent the number of girls enrolled in throughout the year.

The number of girls enrolled in different seasons throughout the year is .

Observe the table for number of boys enrolled in different seasons throughout the year:

The number of boys enrolled in different seasons throughout the year is .

Subtract matrices and .

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