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Matrices & Systems · Medium problem

Two sequential operations are applied to a 22-dimensional resource vector: operation A=(2103)A = \begin{pmatrix}2&1\\0&3\end{pmatrix} and operation B=(1k45)B = \begin{pmatrix}1&k\\4&5\end{pmatrix}, where kk is one entry of BB that hasn't been measured yet. For most values of kk, applying AA then BB gives a different row 11, column 22 result than applying BB then AA. Find the value of kk at which the two orders happen to agree in that entry.