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Q4Section A (Section A)4 of 60

Linear map given on a basis of R2

Let T:R2→R2T:\mathbb R^2\to\mathbb R^2 be a linear transformation such that T([12])=[10]T\left(\begin{bmatrix}1\\2\end{bmatrix}\right)=\begin{bmatrix}1\\0\end{bmatrix} and T([21])=[01]T\left(\begin{bmatrix}2\\1\end{bmatrix}\right)=\begin{bmatrix}0\\1\end{bmatrix}. Suppose that [3−2]=α[12]+β[21]\begin{bmatrix}3\\-2\end{bmatrix}=\alpha\begin{bmatrix}1\\2\end{bmatrix}+\beta\begin{bmatrix}2\\1\end{bmatrix} and T([3−2])=[ab]T\left(\begin{bmatrix}3\\-2\end{bmatrix}\right)=\begin{bmatrix}a\\b\end{bmatrix}. Then α+β+a+b\alpha+\beta+a+b equals

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