Prove: If A is a square matrix and p () = det(I - A) is the characteristic

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Prove: If A is a square matrix and p (λ) = det(λI - A) is the characteristic polynomial of A, then the coefficient of λn-1 in p (A) is the negative of the trace of A.
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