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Q7Section A (Section A)7 of 60

Eigenvectors must stay independent

Let MM be a 3×33\times 3 real matrix. Let (123)\begin{pmatrix}1\\2\\3\end{pmatrix}, (111)\begin{pmatrix}1\\1\\1\end{pmatrix} and (0−1α)\begin{pmatrix}0\\-1\\\alpha\end{pmatrix} be the eigenvectors of MM corresponding to three distinct eigenvalues of MM, where α\alpha is a real number. Then, which of the following is NOT a possible value of α\alpha?

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