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Knowing that $A=\begin{pmatrix} -1 &2 \\ 1&1 \end{pmatrix},B=\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 2\\ 0&1 \end{pmatrix},C=\begin{pmatrix} 2 &2 \\ 3 &1 \end{pmatrix}$ solve the system

$$\left\{\begin{matrix} AX+CY=BAC\\ CX-BY=CAB \end{matrix}\right.$$ So guys how do I solve this. I know how to find the inverse of matrix and I guess I should use it can you show me how to start and what to do after?

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    Hello - any ideas? What have you tried? – 2017-01-05
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    I tried this but I think it take too long and maybe there is other way $\left\{\begin{matrix} AX+CY=BAC/*C^{-1}\\ CX-BY=CAB/*B^{-1} \end{matrix}\right.=>\left\{\begin{matrix} C^{-1}AX+Y=C^{-1}BAC\\ B^{-1}CX-Y=B^{-1}CAB \end{matrix}\right.$ and I did first equation+second equation to get rid of Y. It take a little too long tho. – 2017-01-05
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$\begin{matrix} C^{-1}AX+Y=C^{-1}BAC\\ B^{-1}CX-Y=B^{-1}CAB \end{matrix}$

Great, add the two together.

$(C^{-1}A+B^{-1}C)X=C^{-1}BAC + B^{-1}CAB\\ X=(C^{-1}A+B^{-1}C)^{-1}C^{-1}BAC + B^{-1}CAB $

It may feel a little labor intensive to calculate that all out, but it isn't really that big of a killer.

$Y = C^{-1}BAC - C^{-1}AX$

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    Nice solution! Just to add, since $C$ is invertible, you can simplify $(C^{-1}A + B^{-1}C)^{-1} C^{-1} BAC$ further into $(A + C B^{-1} C)^{-1} BAC$. Not much simpler, but one matrix less. ;-) – 2017-01-05
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    Why not? $(C^{-1}A + B^{-1}C)^{-1} = (C^{-1}[A + CB^{-1}C])^{-1} = [A + CB^{-1}C]^{-1} C$, using $(XY)^{-1} = Y^{-1} X^{-1}$ in the second step. – 2017-01-05
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    @florian Thanks, I see what you are saying now. – 2017-01-05