document.write( "Question 1035834: Let x and y be vectors in R^4 with {x,y} being linearly independent. Prove that there exists a non zero vector z that is orthogonal to both x and y.\r
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z is orthogonal to x iff

. Similarly with z and y.\r
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. Hence we wish to find a vector

such that both are true:\r
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