'm confused as to the definition of column space. Looking at this exercise, my understanding is that column space is the vectors that make up the span of the matrix? Could you maybe clear up the definition of column space and how it applies to this example?

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I'm confused as to the definition of column space. Looking at this exercise, my understanding is that column space is the vectors that make up the span of the matrix? Could you maybe clear up the definition of column space and how it applies to this example?

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