Which expression is equivalent to 24x+18y A- 6 (4x) + 3 (6y)
B- 2 (12x) + 2 (6y)
C- 12x+ 12x + 12y+ 12y
D-6y + 6x + 6y + 6x + 6y

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.