Amodel rocket is launched into the sky. the distance the rocket flies is 25 feet the first second, 75 feet the next second, 125 feet the third second, and so on in an arithmetic sequence. what is the total distance the rocket flies in 6 seconds? a) 275 b) 550 c) 900 d) 1200

To diagonalize an nxn matrix a means to find an invertible matrix p and a diagonal matrix d such that a pdp d p ap or [1 3 dh epap 3 let a=-3 -5 -3 3 3 1 step 1: find the eigenvalues of matrix a "2's" step 2: find the corresponding eigenvectors of a step 3: createp from eigenvectors in step 2 step 4 create d with matching eigenvalues.