SOLUTION: Please help me solve this question. Im just not understanding the concepts yet in class. Let v1 = (1, 1, 1, 1), v2 = (1, 1, 1, 0), v3 = (1, 1, 0, 0), v4 = (1, 1, 0, -1) within R

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Question 855154: Please help me solve this question. Im just not understanding the concepts yet in class.
Let v1 = (1, 1, 1, 1), v2 = (1, 1, 1, 0), v3 = (1, 1, 0, 0), v4 = (1, 1, 0, -1) within R^4
(vectors were listed vertically unlike how they are now listed horizontally)
What is the dimension of sp(S)?

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
v4 is a linear combination of v1,v2,v3.
Span(S)=3

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