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= Solution

The <vectors> $v_1,\ldots,v_n$ are <linearly independent> if
$$
\alpha_1v_1+\cdots+\alpha_nv_n=0\quad\Longrightarrow\quad\alpha_1=\cdots=\alpha_n=0.
$$
They are <linearly dependent> if some such relation has \b[at least one nonzero coefficient]. All coefficients lie in the underlying <field>. Thus <linear independence> means that only the trivial <linear combination> gives zero; <linear dependence> means that a nontrivial one does.

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