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Linear AlgebraChallengeRow Reduction & Rank

Row Reduction & Rank · Challenge problem

The digits aa and bb are each chosen from 0,1,…,90, 1, \ldots, 9. For how many ordered pairs (a,b)(a, b) does the matrix

(1234567ab)\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 4 & 5 & 6 \\ 7 & a & b \end{pmatrix}

have rank 22?