MathCastle
Linear AlgebraChallengeMatrices & Systems

Matrices & Systems · Challenge problem

In a two-sector economy, producing one unit of goods uses up 15\tfrac15 unit of goods and 310\tfrac{3}{10} unit of services, and producing one unit of services uses up 25\tfrac25 unit of goods and 110\tfrac1{10} unit of services. These inputs form the consumption matrix C=(1/52/53/101/10)C = \begin{pmatrix}1/5 & 2/5\\3/10 & 1/10\end{pmatrix} (column jj lists the inputs for one unit of sector jj). Find the sum of all four entries of the matrix series I+C+C2+C3+⋯I + C + C^2 + C^3 + \cdots.