How will Mister Bob decrypt the message?

Bob the Builder needs to first break the message into smaller chunks (vectors) each containing three elements then multiply each of those vectors by the inverse of the encryption matrix. He will need to rebuild the output into the message afterwards.

Eve's Decryption

I don't believe she will be able to without the inverse of the matrix as that is a vital step.

Decrypting a message

Seeing how I fail at using Latex and am running out of time before I have to wash the dishes before leaving for ECE301 and then campus, I'll just have to use a cropped screenshot...

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Taking those numbers and finding the representative indices in my imaginary alphabet array that starts counting at 1 instead of 0, we discover that the letters represent B, W and E. By conducting a search via the infamous Google search engine, BWE's first result is Best Week Ever. Lies and treachery.

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Abstract algebra continues the conceptual developments of linear algebra, on an even grander scale.

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