First we need to ask what you mean by a matrix equalling a number? A matrix is a rectangular array of numbers all of which might be zero and this is called the zero matrix. We can take the determinant of a square matrix such as a 3x3 and this may be zero even without the entries being zero.
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The null matrix is also called the zero matrix. It is a matrix with 0 in all its entries.
The first matrix has 3 rows and 2 columns, the second matrix has 2 rows and 3 columns. Two matrices can only be multiplied together if the number of columns in the first matrix is equal to the number of rows in the second matrix. In the example shown there are 3 rows in the first matrix and 3 columns in the second matrix. And also 2 columns in the first and 2 rows in the second. Multiplication of the two matrices is therefore possible.
"minus zero" is the same as plus zero in that it makes no difference to the sum. So the answer is -3.
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Zero is equal to zero