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Homework Statement
Determine whether or not the vector functions are linearly dependent?
u=(2t-1,-t) , v= (-t+1,2t) and they are written as columns matrixes.
Homework Equations
Wronskian, but I don't think I should use it because I need to take derivatives so it doesn't seem like it would work.
The Attempt at a Solution
I took the determinate and got (2t-1)(2t) - (-t)(-t+1) =0
got t=0 and t= 1/3
but I don't really know if I am even doing this correctly. I know that if we have just values instead of functions then if the determinate equals 0 then that means that its linear dependent, but again in this case I'm clueless.
Here are two values which make the det zero but not all values of t make the det zero. Any help is appreciated.