Solution LISS.C41 Robert Beezer
We want to show that $W=\spn{S}$ (Definition SSVS), which is an equality of sets (Definition SE).

First, show that $\spn{S}\subseteq W$. Begin by checking that each of the three matrices in $S$ is a member of the set $W$. Then, since $W$ is a vector space, the closure properties (Property AC, Property SC) guarantee that every linear combination of elements of $S$ remains in $W$.

Second, show that $W\subseteq\spn{S}$. We want to convince ourselves that an arbitrary element of $W$ is a linear combination of elements of $S$. Choose \begin{equation*} \vect{x}=\begin{bmatrix}a&b\\c&d\end{bmatrix}\in W \end{equation*} The values of $a,\,b,\,c,\,d$ are not totally arbitrary, since membership in $W$ requires that $2a-3b+4c-d=0$. Now, rewrite as follows, \begin{align*} \vect{x} &=\begin{bmatrix}a&b\\c&d\end{bmatrix}\\ &=\begin{bmatrix}a&b\\c&2a-3b+4c\end{bmatrix} &&2a-3b+4c-d=0\\ &= \begin{bmatrix}a&0\\0&2a\end{bmatrix}+ \begin{bmatrix}0&b\\0&-3b\end{bmatrix}+ \begin{bmatrix}0&0\\c&4c\end{bmatrix} &&\knowl{./knowls/definition.MA.knowl}{\text{Definition MA}}\\ &= a\begin{bmatrix}1&0\\0&2\end{bmatrix}+ b\begin{bmatrix}0&1\\0&-3\end{bmatrix}+ c\begin{bmatrix}0&0\\1&4\end{bmatrix} &&\knowl{./knowls/definition.MSM.knowl}{\text{Definition MSM}}\\ &\in\spn{S} &&\knowl{./knowls/definition.SS.knowl}{\text{Definition SS}} \end{align*}