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<exercise xmlns="https://spatext.clontz.org" version="0.0">
<statement>
<p>
Let <m>V</m> be the set of all pairs <m>(x,y)</m> of real numbers
together with the following operations:
</p>
<me>{{#oplus}}{{.}}{{/oplus}}</me><me>{{#otimes}}{{.}}{{/otimes}}.</me>
<p>
(a) Show that {{trueproperty}}, that is:
</p>
<me>
{{truetex}}.
</me>
<p>
(b) Explain why <m>V</m> nonetheless is not a vector space.
</p>
</statement>
<answer>
<p>
<m>V</m> is not a vector space, which may be shown by demonstrating that
any one of the following properties do not hold:
</p>
<ul>
{{#falseproperties}}
<li>{{.}}</li>
{{/falseproperties}}
</ul>
</answer>
</exercise>