Suppose A is a 5 x 5 nonsingular matrix, and Bis the result of exchanging the second and fourth rows of A. Is B also nonsingular? If not, provide a counterexample. If so, explain how to find B if you already know A¯1.

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Suppose A is a 5 × 5 nonsingular matrix, and
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If a matrix A is non-singular then all the rows and all the columns  of A are linearly independent. 

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