Exercise · ZW-LINEAR-COMBINATION-AND-SPAN-003 · ★☆☆ Basic

In \(\mathbb{R}^3\), what set is \(\operatorname{span}\{(1,0,0),(0,1,0)\}\)?

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  • B. The plane \(z=0\)

Explanation

The combinations \(a(1,0,0)+b(0,1,0)=(a,b,0)\) have third coordinate zero: they are the points of the \(xy\)-plane.

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Review the concept: Linear combination and span

A linear combination of several vectors is a sum of scalar multiples of them; the span is the set of all possible linear combinations.

\[c_1v_1+\cdots+c_kv_k,\quad \operatorname{span}\{v_1,\dots,v_k\}\]

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