ebaines
Jul 7, 2011, 01:21 PM
You add matrices by individually adding the same row/colums elements.  Thus if:
 
 A = 
\left |\begin{matrix}
a & b\\
c & d\\
e & f
\end{matrix} \right| 
 
and 
 
 
B = 
\left | \begin{matrix}
g & h\\
i & j\\
k & l
\end{matrix} \right | 
 
Then
 
A + B = 
\left | \begin{matrix}
(a+g) & (b+h)\\
(c+i) & (d+j)\\
(e+k) & (f+l)
\end{matrix} \right |