Not necessarily.

and

may be linearly dependent, so that their span forms a subspace of

that does not contain every vector in

.
For example, we could have

and

. Any vector

of the form

, where

, is impossible to obtain as a linear combination of these

and

, since

unless

and

.
Answer: $6,861.44
Step-by-step explanation:
Car was bought 3 years ago for $12,000.
Value decreases by 17% every year.
Current value is:
= 12,000 * (1 - 17%)³
= $6,861.44
-x - 5 = -11
add 5 to both sides
-x - 5 + 5 = -11 + 5
-x = -6
x = 6