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Linear Systems & Matrices · Superchallenge problem

Consider all 2×22\times 2 matrices XX with real entries such that X2=[761819]X^2 = \begin{bmatrix} 7 & 6 \\ 18 & 19 \end{bmatrix}. Find the largest possible value of the top-right entry of XX.