Linear AlgebraMatrix Representation Problem

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Homework Statement


I'm practicing for my finals this coming week and I'm confused about these 2 problems.
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For e). I followed my notes and came up with D=U-1AU..since its asking for some basis to standard basis. And once computed, its the diagonal matrix.

D=
[-2 0 0]
[0 3 0]
[0 0 1]
So am I doing it right?

For part F). I don't know if its exactly the same method as above or do I need to get S=U-1V then B=SAS-1

I'm confused with all this!
 
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