a<-matrix(c(3,1,7,5,6,2,9,9,7,3,4,6,1,5,8,4),nrow=4,ncol=4,byrow=T) a b<-matrix(c(5,9,7,3,6,8,8,5,4,6,2,7),nrow=4,ncol=3,byrow=T) b amb<-a%*%b amb tbma<-t(b)%*%a tbma ainv<-solve(a) ainv iden<-a%*%ainv iden A<-matrix(c(2,3,0,3,0,-2,1,2,1),nrow=3,ncol=3,byrow=T) A H<-matrix(c(24,5,17),nrow=3,ncol=1) H Ainv<-solve(A) Ainv X=Ainv%*%H X