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Vector Spaces & Bases · Challenge problem

Viewed as elements of the vector space of real functions on R\mathbb{R}, find the dimension of span⁡{sin⁡2x, cos⁡2x, cos⁡2x, sin⁡2x, sin⁡xcos⁡x, 1}\operatorname{span}\{\sin^2 x,\ \cos^2 x,\ \cos 2x,\ \sin 2x,\ \sin x\cos x,\ 1\}.