Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-13311-087-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-13311-087-3

Chapter 4 - Vector Spaces - Review Exercises - Page 221: 21

Answer

$W$ is a subspace of $R^3$.

Work Step by Step

Let $W$ be a subset of $V$ such that $$ W=\{(x, 2 x, 3 x) : x \text { is a real number }\}, \quad V=R^{3}.$$ Assume that $u=(a,2a,3a), v=(b,2b,3b)\in W$ and $c\in R$. Now, we have (a) $W$ contains the zero vector $(0,0,0)$. (b) \begin{align*} u+v&=(a,2a,3a)+(b,2b,3b)\\ &=(a+b,2a+2b,3a+3b)\\ &=(a+b,2(a+b),3(a+b))\in W. \end{align*} (c) $cu=c(a,2a,3a)=(ca,2ca,3ca)\in W$. Hence, $W$ is a subspace of $R^3$.
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