What are the eigenvalues of ?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B. and

  1. Step 1: For a diagonal matrix the eigenvalues are the diagonal entries. Step 2. These are and . **Answer: and . Why not the others:** these are sums or products of the entries, not eigenvalues.

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