Solution MR.C21 Robert Beezer
Applying Definition MR, \begin{align*} \vectrep{C}{\lt{T}{2-5x+x^2}}&=\vectrep{C}{\colvector{-2\\-4}} =\vectrep{C}{2\colvector{3\\4}+(-4)\colvector{2\\3}}=\colvector{2\\-4}\\ \vectrep{C}{\lt{T}{1+x-x^2}}&=\vectrep{C}{\colvector{1\\-5}} =\vectrep{C}{13\colvector{3\\4}+(-19)\colvector{2\\3}}=\colvector{13\\-19}\\ \vectrep{C}{\lt{T}{x^2}}&=\vectrep{C}{\colvector{1\\9}} =\vectrep{C}{(-15)\colvector{3\\4}+23\colvector{2\\3}}=\colvector{-15\\23} \end{align*} So the resulting matrix representation is \begin{align*} \matrixrep{T}{B}{C} &= \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 13 & -15 \\ -4 & -19 & 23 \end{bmatrix} \end{align*}