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 To show linear independence, if $a(1-x)+b(2x^2)+c(3+x^2)=(0x^2 + 0x + 0)$, we have $2b+c=0$, $-a=0$ and $a+3c = 0$. So $a=0$ which implies $c=0$ which then implies $b=0$. So the only linear combination equal to the zero vector is the one where $a=b=c=0$, hence this set in linearly independent. Since it is linearly independent and has three vectors, its span is a subspace of $P_2(\mathbb{R})$ of dimension 3, i.e., all of $P_2(\mathbb{R})$
 
 (c) Since this set has 3 vectors and $P_2(\mathbb{R})$ has dimension 3, it is enough to check either that is is linearly independent or that it spans $P_2(\mathbb{R})$.
-To show linear independence, if $a(0 +2x+0x^2)+b(4+2x-x^2)+c(-4-6x+x^2)=(0+0x+0x^2)$, we have $4b-4c=0$, $2a+2b-6c=0$ and $-b+c = 0$. So $b=c$ which implies $-c+c= 0$ and $2a-4b=0$ 
+To show linear independence, if $a(0 +2x+0x^2)+b(4+2x-x^2)+c(-4-6x+x^2)=(0+0x+0x^2)$, we have $4b-4c=0$, $2a+2b-6c=0$ and $-b+c = 0$. So $b=c$ which implies $-c+c=0$ and $2a+2c-6c=0$ so $a=2c=2b$. But this does no force $a,b,c$ t obe zero; we could have e.g., $a=2$ and $b=c=1$. Therefore we have a linear combination of the vectors that gives the zero vector when the coefficients are not all zero. So it is linearly dependent, and therefore can't be a basis.
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+# 2. 
+Let $U$ = $\{p\in P_2(\mathbb{R}): p(x)$ is divisible by $x-3\}$. Then U is a subspace of P2
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+(a) Find a basis of U.
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