I have this question on my homework and its as follows:
Given ${\{X_1,X_2,X_3}\}$ which belongs to a vector space $V$ and ${Y_1=X_1+X_2+2X_3}$ and ${Y_2=X_1+X_2-X_3}$. If ${\{Y_1,Y_2}\}$ is linearly dependent prove that ${\{X_1,X_2,X_3}\}$ is linearly dependent.
What I thought to do was first show that ${c_1Y_1+c_2Y_2=0}$ then substitute in ${Y_1=X_1+X_2+2X_3}$ and ${Y_2=X_1+X_2-X_3}$ into the equation such that ${c_1Y_1+c_2Y_2=c_2(X_1+X_2-X_3)+c_1(X_1+X_2+2X_3)=0}$ then manipulate the equation as follows:
${X_1(c_1+c_2)+X_2(c_1+c_2)+X_3(2c_1-c_2)=0}$ and that would show that the set ${\{X_1,X_2,X_3}\}$ is linearly dependent because they are non zero constants. But now I am considering what if ${c_1=1}$ and ${c_2=-1}$ which would make the constants ${(c_1+c_2)=0}$ for $X_1$ and $X_2$. Any advice on where to go from here?
thanks!