The cryptogram below was encoded with a 2 × 2 matrix.8 21 −15 −10 −13 −13 5 10 5 255 19 −1 6 20 40 −18 −18 1 16The last word of the message is _RON. What is themessage?

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The cryptogram below was encoded with a 2 × 2 matrix.
8 21 −15 −10 −13 −13 5 10 5 25
5 19 −1 6 20 40 −18 −18 1 16
The last word of the message is _RON. What is the
message?

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