Solution

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Compute the characteristic polynomial using :
Its three distinct real roots are and . For , the first row of gives and the second then gives , so take .
For either root of , take and solve the row equations to get . Substitution makes the first two row residuals opposite multiples of the quadratic equation and the third zero. Thus a complete choice is
Every nonzero scalar multiple is another valid eigenvector in the corresponding one-dimensional eigenspace.

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