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Prove that if W is a subspace of a vector space V and w\, w2, , wn are in W, then a\W\ +

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Prove that if W is a subspace of a vector space V and w\, w2, , wn are in W, then a\W\ + a2w2 + + anwn W for any scalars a\, a 2 ,... , an.

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QUESTION:

Prove that if W is a subspace of a vector space V and w\, w2, , wn are in W, then a\W\ + a2w2 + + anwn W for any scalars a\, a 2 ,... , an.

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Consider  and .

Now,  is a subspace, written as:

,

where , by the closure property in scalar multiplication.

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