Answer
$S$ is not a basis for $R^3$.
Work Step by Step
The set $S=\{(2,1,0),(0,-1,1)\}$ is not a basis for $R^3$ since $R^3$ is a vector space of dimension $3$ and $S$ has only two vectors.
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