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Q42Section C (Section C)42 of 60

Determinant of a quartic matrix polynomial

Let M=(5−63−4)M=\begin{pmatrix}5&-6\\3&-4\end{pmatrix} be a 2×22\times 2 matrix. If α=det⁡(M4−6I2)\alpha=\det\left(M^{4}-6I_{2}\right), then the value of α2\alpha^{2} is __________.

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