I got it all sorted now like. Stuck on something else, but its just the wording of the question.
M = 4 3
2 3
find a,b such that M^2+aM+bM=0
I've done that bit which seemed pretty straight forward. The next part is
Premultiply this equation,with your values of a and b, sympolically by M^-1, assuming it exists, and hence find M^-1 in terms of M and I.
What the f*** is that?