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39Squaring a 2×22\times 2 matrix

Compute A2\displaystyle A^2 for A=[1101]\displaystyle A = \begin{bmatrix}1 & 1\\0 & 1\end{bmatrix}.

Multiply A by itself using row-times-column: each entry of A² is a row of the first A dotted with a column of the second A. The result is [[1,2],[0,1]], boxed as the final answer.

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