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Solve the matrix equation. [[2,3],[2,4]]x=[[18,13],[22,18]]

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First, we need to find the inverse of matrix A, which is [[2,3],[2,4]].

The formula for the inverse matrix of a 2x2 matrix
```
[[a, b],
[c, d]]
```
is
```
1/(ad - bc) * [[d, -b],
[-c, a]].
```
Using this formula, we can find the inverse of matrix A :

The determinant `ad - bc` for matrix A is `(2*4) - (3*2) = 8 - 6 = 2`.

So the inverse of matrix A is:

1/2 * [[4, -3],
[-2, 2]]
= [[2, -1.5],
[-1, 1]].

This is the inverse of matrix A. Now, we will use this inverse to solve for x in the equation `Ax = B`.

We are given that B is [[18,13],[22,18]], and the formula to find x is `x = A^(-1)B`.

Applying matrix multiplication to `A^(-1)B`:

[[2, -1.5],
[-1, 1]]
*
[[18,13],
[22,18]]

= [[3, -1],
[4, 5]].

Hence the solution matrix x is [[3, -1], [4, 5]]. This is the solution to the matrix equation.

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