Label the following statements as true or false.  (a) Every vector space contains a zero vector.    (b)  A vector space may have more than one zero vector.  (c) In any vector space, ax = bx implies that a =b. (d) In any vector space, ax = ay implies that x = y .  (e) A vector in Fn may be regarded as a matrix in Mn×1(F ).  (f)An m × n matrix has m columns and n rows. (g) In P(F ), only polynomials of the same degree may be added. (h) If f and g are polynomials of degree n, then f + g is a polynomial of degree n. (i) If f is a polynomial of degree n and c is a nonzero scalar, then cf is a polynomial of degree n. (j) A nonzero scalar of F may be considered to be a polynomial in P(F) having degree zero. (k) Two functions in F(S, F) are equal if and only if they have the same value at each element of S.

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Label the following statements as true or false. 

(a) Every vector space contains a zero vector.   

(b)  A vector space may have more than one zero vector. 

(c) In any vector space, ax = bx implies that a =b.

(d) In any vector space, ax = ay implies that x = y . 

(e) A vector in Fn may be regarded as a matrix in Mn×1(F ). 

(f)An m × n matrix has m columns and n rows.

(g) In P(F ), only polynomials of the same degree may be added.

(h) If f and g are polynomials of degree n, then f + g is a polynomial of degree n.

(i) If f is a polynomial of degree n and c is a nonzero scalar, then cf is a polynomial of degree n.

(j) A nonzero scalar of F may be considered to be a polynomial in P(F) having degree zero.

(k) Two functions in F(S, F) are equal if and only if they have the same value at each element of S.

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