"Can i solve it backward by finding W first then use[W]b' × b' = W to find [W]b'
However i dont understand what u want to find from question18"
Imagine an input vector in 2 non-standard bases as well as the standard basis:
v, [v]B, [v]B'
They are all the same point but written in different bases (can think of it as different coordinate systems).
Then imagine you have a linear transformation in the standard basis represented by the matrix A. Working only in the standard basis we would have,
Av = w
Now, we could write the answer in the basis, B':
[w]B'
We could also write the input vector, v, in the other basis, B:
[v]B
Question 18 is asking, what would the matrix be (A*) if we want to do this:
A*[v]B = [w]B'
Remember that v and w are always the same numbers but just written in different bases (coordinates). We are just saying, what if the input vector is one basis, and we want the output in a different one, and neither basis is the standard one.
The thinking is like this:
- I already have a transformation matrix, A, which is in the standard basis.
- Somebody has given me a vector in the basis, B: [v]B
- I need to transform it and get the answer, but the person wants the answer in a different basis, B': [w]B'
- Usually I would have to do this:
[v]B >>> convert to v (standard basis) >>> do transformation Av=w >>> convert answer to [w]B'
but I can also find a matrix, A* that does the job for me.
The question is about getting that matrix A*.
I am not sure what you mean by " [W]b' × b' ", since b' is a basis (set of vectors) so you cannot multiply it by a vector.