1.State whether the following statement are True or False and also give the reason in support of your answer.
(e) The order of the matrix \(\left[\begin{array}{lll}2 & 5 & 6 \\ 4 & 3 & 1\end{array}\right]\) is \(3 \times 2\).
Solution
1 (e) False
Reason: – The order of a matrix is given as the number of rows followed by the number of columns. The given matrix has 2 rows and 3 columns, so its order is 2×3.
Hence Given statement is False.