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Tricky Matrix Problem with clever solution: Crack the cipher key and decrypt the message below . . . this is a scaffold problem for Q

Tricky Matrix Problem with clever solution: Crack the cipher key and decrypt the message below ... this is a scaffold problem for Q3.
All arithmetic is done in Z26.x is a 21 matrix below.
Encryption function: fE(x)=x+mod26
Here we know neither nor but an attack on this cryptosystem told us that the plaintext 'DANIEL' was encrypted as 'AHOBDE'. i.e. DANIEL fE AHOBDE.
First find and , the private key. Input each matrix entry as an integer between 0 and 25 ie a member of Z26.
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Hence, decrypt 'DOBUHY' in this cryptosystem. DOBUHY fD
input a 6-letter answer: 2+2+2)
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