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Find a Basis for the Subspace spanned by Five Vectors

Problem 

Let S={v1,v2,v3,v4,v5} where
v1=[1221],v2=[1311],v3=[1515],v4=[1141],v5=[2702].
Find a basis for the span Span(S).

Solution 

We apply the leading 1 method.
Let A be the matrix whose column vectors are vectors in the set S:
A=[11112235172114011512].
Applying the elementary row operations to A, we obtain


A=[11112235172114011512]R4+R1R22R1R32R1[11112013130132402604]R42R2R1R2R3+R2[10221013130001100022]R42R3R12R3R2+R3[10201013020001100000]=rref(A)



See that the main, second, and fourth segment vectors of rref(A) contain the main 1 sections. 
Thus, the main, second, and fourth section vectors of A shape a premise of Span(S). 
In particular,


1221,1311,1141.

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