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Symmetric Matrices & Quadratic Forms · Medium problem

For the symmetric matrix A=(611−6)A = \begin{pmatrix}6 & 1\\1 & -6\end{pmatrix}, evaluate the quadratic form xTAx\mathbf x^{T}A\mathbf x at x=(−1,3)\mathbf x = (-1, 3).