Represent Campus's inventory as a matrix A. A =         Textbooks Fiction Nonfiction Reference Hardcover             Paperback         (b) Represent College's inventory as a matrix B. B =         Textbooks Fiction Nonfiction Reference Hardcover             Paperback         (c) Suppose that the two companies decide to merge. Write a matrix C that represents the total inventory of the newly amalgamated company. C =         Textbooks Fiction Nonfiction Reference Hardcover             Paperback

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The Campus Bookstore's inventory of books is as follows.

Hardcover: textbooks, 5085; fiction, 1914; nonfiction, 2364; reference, 1807
Paperback: fiction, 2622; nonfiction, 1496; reference, 2278; textbooks, 1901

The College Bookstore's inventory of books is as follows.

Hardcover: textbooks, 6041; fiction, 2090; nonfiction, 1975; reference, 1996
Paperback: fiction, 3067; nonfiction, 1723; reference, 2947; textbooks, 2202
(a) Represent Campus's inventory as a matrix A.

A =    
    Textbooks Fiction Nonfiction Reference
Hardcover
 
       
 
Paperback        

(b) Represent College's inventory as a matrix B.

B =    
    Textbooks Fiction Nonfiction Reference
Hardcover
 
       
 
Paperback        

(c) Suppose that the two companies decide to merge. Write a matrix C that represents the total inventory of the newly amalgamated company.

C =    
    Textbooks Fiction Nonfiction Reference
Hardcover
 
       
 
Paperback      
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The total inventory will be the sum of inventory in matrix A and matrix B. 

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