ELA Question: Basis

phyxius117

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How do I do this problem? Help please!!

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Thanks!!
 
\(\displaystyle v=c_{1}v_{1}+c_{2}v_{2}\)

\(\displaystyle v_{1}=(-5,-2), \;\ v_{2}=(-1,-5)\)

\(\displaystyle -4(-5,-2)+4(-1,-5)=\fbox{(16,-12)}\)

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Other way around:

We find scalars \(\displaystyle c_{1},c_{2}\) such that:

\(\displaystyle (16,-12)=c_{1}(-5,-2)+c_{2}(-1,-5)\)

equate components:

\(\displaystyle -5c_{1}-c_{2}=16\)

\(\displaystyle -2c_{1}-5c_{2}=-12\)

\(\displaystyle c_{1}=-4, \;\ c_{2}=4\)

Back where we started.
 
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