i'm back. i know little Latex now. i don't understand your writing post 7. i memorize to solve 2x2 matrix only. i will show you to find eignvalue of 2x2 matrix
[6−λ817−λ]
(6−λ)(7−λ)=0
67−6λ−λ7−λ2=0
42−7λ−λ2=0
i use quadrtic formula to solve this to get
λ1=−10,λ2=3
16k1+1k2=0
8k1+17k2=0
if i solve system, i get matrix K1
K1=[k1k2]
i repeat
λ2 to get
K2
X=c1X1+c2X2=c1K1e−10t+c2K2e3t
i learn Latex to show you this