MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-Which of the following properties do not hold for matrix multiplication?
(i) Associative property
(ii) Commutative property
(iii) Distributive property
(iv) Zero-factor property (If the product of two matrices is a zero matrix, then one of the factors must be a zero matrix.)
A) (i), (iii)
B) (ii), (iv)
C) (ii)
D) None. All of the properties hold.

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Matrix multiplication is associative and distributive but not commutative, and the zero-factor property does not hold for matrices.