Organizing Data Using Matrices

Now that we have gone through the basics of matrices, let’s work on how matrices are used to organize data. Suppose you have the following table:

This table represents the number of cans of soda and juice boxes sold at two basketball games at a local elementary school. We can now take this table and turn it into a matrix.

Matrices are named with a capital letter while the entries are named with a small letter. Analyzing the matrix we see that g₁₁ = 5, g₁₂ = 10, g₂₁ = 7 and g₂₂ = 44.