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Vector Spaces & Bases · Medium problem

Let A=(12324a369)A = \begin{pmatrix}1 & 2 & 3\\2 & 4 & a\\3 & 6 & 9\end{pmatrix}. For which value of aa does the null space of AA have dimension 22 (rather than the usual 11)?