In 2000, bob’s 401(k) fund lost $9000. in 2001, it lost another $10,000, and in 2002, it lost $17,000. in 2003, it gained $16,000, and in 2004 it gained $12,000. how much more does it have to gain to be worth what it was at the start of 2000?

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.