Construct a 3 x 3 symmetric matrix A such that the eigenvalues of A are 1 with multiplicity two and -1 with multiplicity one and where x = [1 1 1 ]T and y = [1 1 -2]T are eigenvectors that correspond to the eigenvalue 1.

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Construct a 3 x 3 symmetric matrix A such that the eigenvalues of A are 1 with multiplicity two and -1 with multiplicity one and where x = [1 1 1 ]T and y = [1 1 -2]T are eigenvectors that correspond to the eigenvalue 1.

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