Problem

Objective 2.16
Matrix $A$ has the dimensions $6 \times 4$ and Matrix $B$ has the dimensions $5 \times 2$
What are the dimensions of the product $A B$ ?

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\(oxed{\text{The multiplication of Matrix A and Matrix B is not possible.}}\)

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Step 1 :Matrix $A$ has the dimensions $6 \times 4$ and Matrix $B$ has the dimensions $5 \times 2$

Step 2 :The multiplication of two matrices is possible only when the number of columns in the first matrix is equal to the number of rows in the second matrix.

Step 3 :In this case, Matrix $A$ has 4 columns and Matrix $B$ has 5 rows.

Step 4 :Since the number of columns in Matrix $A$ is not equal to the number of rows in Matrix $B$, the multiplication of Matrix $A$ and Matrix $B$ is not possible.

Step 5 :\(oxed{\text{The multiplication of Matrix A and Matrix B is not possible.}}\)

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