The vector space R3 has dimension 3 because it is spanned by the standard basis vectors e1 = (1, 0, 0), e2 = (0, 1, 0), and e3 = (0, 0, 1).
The vector space R2 has dimension 2 because it is spanned by the standard basis vectors e1 = (1, 0) and e2 = (0, 1).
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