The discussion focuses on determining if the vector y = [6, 7, 1, s] belongs to the subspace of R^4 spanned by the columns of matrix A, defined as A = [[1, 3, 2], [-1, -2, 1], [3, 8, 1], [4, 9, 3]]. The solution involves using Gaussian elimination to set up an augmented matrix and perform row reduction to find scalars c1, c2, and c3 that satisfy the equation y = c1*(column 1 of A) + c2*(column 2 of A) + c3*(column 3 of A). The problem is effectively solved using this method.
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Mark44 said:The question you're trying to answer is whether y = c1*(column 1 of A) + c2*(column 2 of A) + c3*(column 3 of A) for some scalars c1, c2, and c3. Set up an augmented matrix with this information and use row reduction (I believ this is also called Gaussian elimination) to find out.