Linear Alg.: Let A be a symmetric nonsingular matrix. Prove

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Okay so I was practicing proofs and the following appeared in my book. i'm confused as to how do it so i would be thankful for any help:

Let A be a symmetric nonsingular matrix. Prove that its inverse (A^-1) is symmetric.
 
If the matrix A=[ajk]n×n\displaystyle A = \left[ {a_{jk} } \right]_{n \times n} is symmetric then you must realize that for each pair (j,k)ajk=akj.\displaystyle \left( {j,k} \right)\quad \Rightarrow \quad a_{jk} = a_{kj} . What does that mean about cofactors and hence about the inverse?
 
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