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Symmetric Matrices & Quadratic Forms · Medium problem

A symmetric matrix AA has eigenvalue 33 with unit eigenvector u=12(11)\mathbf u = \tfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\begin{pmatrix}1\\1\end{pmatrix} and eigenvalue 77 with unit eigenvector w=12(1−1)\mathbf w = \tfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\begin{pmatrix}1\\-1\end{pmatrix}. Find the entry of AA in row 1, column 2.