Let X be the design matrix used to find the least-squares
Chapter 6, Problem 5E(choose chapter or problem)
Let X be the design matrix used to find the least-squares line to fit data . Use a theorem in Section 6.5 to show that the normal equations have a unique solution if and only if the data include at least two data points with different x-coordinates.
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