Solution VO.C14 Chris Black
Performing the indicated operations (Definition CVA, Definition CVSM), we obtain the vector equations \begin{align*} \colvector{3\\2} &=\alpha\colvector{1\\0} + \beta\colvector{0\\1} =\colvector{\alpha + 0 \\ 0 + \beta} =\colvector{\alpha\\ \beta} \end{align*} Since the entries of the vectors must be equal by Definition CVE, we have $\alpha = 3$ and $\beta = 2$.