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Problem 6: Find a base, dimension numbers of the subspace generated by the following
vectors in the corresponding space.

a. u1 = (1, 1, 2), u2 = (2, 1, 3), u3 = ( 1, 5, 0) in R3

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b. u1 = (2, 4, 1), u2 = (3, 6, 2), u3 = ( 1, 2, ) in R3
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c. u1 = (1, 0, 1, 2), u2 = (1, 1, 3, 2), u3 = (2, 1, 5, 1), u4 = (1, 1, 1, 4) in R4

d. u1 = (1, 0, 0, 1), u2 = (2, 1, 1, 0), u3 = (1, 1, 1, 1), u4 = (1, 2, 3, 4), u5 = (0, 1, 2, 3) in

R4

Problem 7: In R5 , let

u1 = (1, 1, 2, 1, 4), u2 = (0, 1, 1, 2, 3), u3 = (1, 1, 0, 3, 0).

a. Find the basis and dimension numbers of hu1 , u2 , u3 i.

b. Given u = (1, m, 1, m, 3, 5). Find m such that u 2 hu1 , u2 , u3 i,

Problem 8: In R4 , let

v1 = (2, 1, 0, 1), v2 = (1, 1, 3, 2), v3 = (3, 1, 1, 2), v4 = (1, 1, 1, 0).

Show that hv1 , v2 i = hv3 , v4 i

Problem 9: In R4 , let

v1 = (1, 2, 2, 1), v2 = (1, 1, 3, 5), v3 = (0, 1, 1, 4).

Find the basis and dimension numbers of the subspace V = hv1 , v2 , v3 i.

Problem 10: In R4 , let

v1 = (1, 1, 2, 4), v2 = (2, 1, 5, 2), v3 = (1, 1, 4, 0), v4 = (2, 1, 1, 6).

Show that these vectors are linear dependent. Find the basis of the vector subspace gener-
ated by these vectors.
Problem 11: Let W = {(x1 , x2 , x3 ) 2 R3 |x1 x2 +2x3 = 0}. Show that W is the subspace
of R3 . Find the base and dimension numbers of W .

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