Basic linear algebra help. Converting equation to matrix form

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Homework Statement


Express the equation q=x_1 - 6x_2 + 3x_1^2 + 5x_1 x_2 in the matrix form 1/2x^T Q*x+c^T x

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The only mention of a matrix c that I could find in my book is in the section of Gaussian elimination:

c= \frac {a_{ik}}{a_{kk}}

But I don't feel like this has anything to do with the solution form I'm trying to find.

The Attempt at a Solution


I'm not sure where to begin really. I feel like this should be a very simple problem, but I'm not sure where to start. I tried defining x = [x1 x2] and Q = [q1 q2] but I'm not sure what the "c" matrix is supposed to be.

As some background, this is taken from the review portion of my Finite Elements book.
 
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Q will be a 2x2 matrix, while c will be a 2x1 column vector - they have to be of that form to match the multiplication and as q is a scalar
 
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