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Symmetric Matrices & Quadratic Forms · Easy problem

Let A=(2113)A = \begin{pmatrix}2 & 1\\1 & 3\end{pmatrix} and x=(1−2)\mathbf x = \begin{pmatrix}1\\-2\end{pmatrix}. Compute xTAx\mathbf x^{T}A\mathbf x.