Edexcel FP2 AS 2018 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFP2 AS (Further Pure 2 AS)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicInvariant lines and eigenvalues and vectors

4. $$\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { r r } 1 & 1
- 2 & 4 \end{array} \right)$$ Find a matrix \(\mathbf { P }\) and a diagonal matrix \(\mathbf { D }\) such that \(\mathbf { D } = \mathbf { P } ^ { - 1 } \mathbf { A P }\)