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Best Answer: Step 1: create a matrix with each vector as a column.

[ 0 6 4]
[ 3 0 -7]
[ 1 5 1]
[ -1 1 3]

Step 2: Use row operations to convert this matrix into reduced row echelon
form.

R1 <--> R3

[ 1 5 1]
[ 3 0 -7]
[ 0 6 4]
[ -1 1 3]

R2 -> R2 - 3R1
R4 -> R4 + R1

[ 1 5 1]
[ 0 -15 -10]
[ 0 6 4]
[ 0 6 4]

R4 -> R4 - R3

[ 1 5 1]
[ 0 -15 -10]
[ 0 6 4]
[ 0 0 0]

R2 -> (-1/5)R2
R3 -> (1/2)R3

[ 1 5 1]
[ 0 3 2]
[ 0 3 2]
[ 0 0 0]

R3 -> R3 - R2

[ 1 5 1]
[ 0 3 2]
[ 0 0 0]
[ 0 0 0]

R2 -> (1/3)R2

[ 1 5 1]
[ 0 1 (2/3)]

[ 0 0 0]
[ 0 0 0]

R1 -> R1 - 5R2

[ 1 0 -(7/3)]
[ 0 1 (2/3)]
[ 0 0 0]
[ 0 0 0]

Remember that each column represents the 3 vectors, so let me just

emphasize that now.
V1 V2 V3
[ 1 0 (-7/3)]
[ 0 1 (2/3)]
[ 0 0 0]
[ 0 0 0]

So clearly, V3 can be expressed as a linear combination of V1 and V2.

V3 = (-7/3)V1 + (2/3)V2

If you wanted to express V1 as a linear combination of the other two, just use
the above evaluation as a basis.

V3 = (-7/3)V1 + (2/3)V2, so
(-7/3)V1 = (-2/3)V2 + V3. Multiply by 3 to get
(-7)V1 = (-2)V2 + (3)V3

V1 = (2/7)V2 + (-3/7)V3

And the same with V2.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------== Part 1 ==
If you express one of the vectors as a linear combination of the other two,
that shows that they're linearly dependent, so you can just do part 2.

== Part 2 ==
v1 has 0 in the first position, so the only way v3 is going to get anything in
the first position is if v2 supplies it.

v3 = c v1 + (4/6) v2
v3 = c v1 + 2/3 v2

The same thing is true for the second position, except that the value comes
from v1 instead of v2.

v3 = (-7/3) v1 + 2/3 v2
v3 = -7/3 v1 + 2/3 v2

Use algebra to solve for v1 and v2.

v3 = -7/3 v1 + 2/3 v2
7/3 v1 = 2/3 v2 - v3
v1 = 3/7 (2/3 v2 - v3)

v1 = 2/7 v2 - 3/7 v3

v3 = -7/3 v1 + 2/3 v2
-2/3 v2 = -7/3 v1 - v3
v2 = -3/2 (-7/3 v1 - v3)
v2 = 7/2 v1 + 3/2 v3

== Result ==
v1 = 2/7 v2 - 3/7 v3
v2 = 7/2 v1 + 3/2 v3
v3 = -7/3 v1 + 2/3 v2

== Check ==
v1 = 2/7 v2 - 3/7 v3
v1 = 2/7 (6, 0, 5, 1) - 3/7 (4, -7, 1, 3)
v1 = (12/7, 0, 10/7, 2/7) - (12/7, -3, 3/7, 9/7)
v1 = (0, 3, 1, -1)
Good.

v2 = 7/2 v1 + 3/2 v3
v2 = 7/2 (0, 3, 1, -1) + 3/2 (4, -7, 1, 3)
v2 = (0, 21/1, 7/2, -7/2) + (6, -21/2, 3/2, 9/2)
v2 = (6, 0, 5, 1)
Good.

v3 = -7/3 v1 + 2/3 v2

v3 = -7/3 (0, 3, 1, -1) + 2/3 (6, 0, 5, 1)

v3 = (0, -7, -7/3, 7/3) + (4, 0, 10/3, 2/3)
v3 = (4, -7, 1, 3)
Good.
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