Can you find the least-squares solution and projection of this matrix equation?

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I really need your help with this.
Let A = (1 -2
-1 2
0 3
2 5)
and b = ( 3
1
-4
2)

(a) Find a least-squares solution of Ax = b.
(b) Find the orthogonal projection of b onto the column space of A.
(c) Compute the least-squares error ( in the solution of part ( a )).
Thank you!
 
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