Finding eigenvalues with the power series method

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Homework Statement


Consider the matrix [1,-5,5;-3,-1,3;1,-2,2]
Do four interations of the power method, beginning at [1,1,1] to approximate the dominant eigenvalues of A


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Matrix multiplication


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Okay my issue with this problem is this
I set V0 = [1;1;1],
Now I go to calculate u1
u1 = A*V0 = [1,-5,5;-3,-1,3;1,-2,2]*[1;1;1]=[1;-1;1], V1 = u1 / (?) and what value should i divide it by, which one has the largest magnitude, would it be -1, because I know that is unique, otherwise, is it 1?
Because I've tried both ways and I am not sure which way to go on this.
 
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