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Homework Statement
A problem on a linear algebra assignment is really confusing me. The problem is asking me to compute the distance from a vector to the image of a matrix (with orthogonal columns).
matrix A =
1 -2
4 6
2 -11
y=
3
-5
2
Homework Equations
dist(f,g) = norm( f - g ) ? possibly
The Attempt at a Solution
In the context of the actual course, the place I began was inner product spaces, seeing as that's really the only place where a distance computation is defined in the text. This is defined as dist(f,g) = norm( f - g ), where f and g are two elements of an inner product space. However, I wasn't sure where to go from there, or what operator I would use. I considered thinking about the matrix A as a plane and finding the normal vector, and computing a distance that way, but that seemed like a dead end as well. Any help would be appreciated.
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