The question states:

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> Show that if $S = \{v\_1, v\_2, \ldots , v\_r\}$ is a linearly independent set of vectors, then so is every non-empty subset of $S$.
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I understand that if $r>n$, $S$ is linearly dependent, but other than that, I'm not sure where to start with this proof.