Is this the correct method for finding a coordinate vector?

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Is this the right method to do this type of question (as I haven't seen an example of finding a coordinate vector before)?

Do I solve the following system of equations?

[itex]\displaystyle \frac{1}{2} = x + \frac{1}{2}y + \frac{1}{3}z[/itex]

[itex]\displaystyle \frac{1}{3} = -x + \frac{1}{2}y[/itex]

[itex]\displaystyle -\frac{9}{2} = x+z[/itex]

If so by Guassian Elimination I get

[itex]x=1,\,y=\frac{8}{3},\,z=-\frac{11}{2}[/itex]

So is [itex]\begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 8/3 \\ -11/2 \\ \end{bmatrix}[/itex] the coordinate vector?
 
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