Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Inner Product Spaces - 5.3 Orthonormal Bases: Gram-Schmidt Process - 5.3 Exercises - Page 257: 2

Answer

The set $\{(3,-2),(-4,-6)\}$ is orthogonal, not orthonormal and it is a basis for $R^2$.

Work Step by Step

given $\{(3,-2),(-4,-6)\}$ let $v_1=(3,−2),v_2=(-4,-6)$ (a) since $v_1v_2=-12+12=0$ then, the set $\{(3,-2),(-4,-6)\}$ is orthogonal. (b) scince $\left\|{v}_{1}\right\|=\sqrt{v_{1} \cdot v_{1}}=\sqrt{9+4}==\sqrt{13}\neq1$ then, the set $\{(3,-2),(-4,-6)\}$ is not orthonormal. (c) by the corollary to Theorem 5.10, $\{(3,-2),(-4,-6)\}$ is a basis for $R^2$.
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