Different ways to prove a set is a subspace of $\mathbb R^n$

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I was given the theorem

The solution set of a homogeneous system is a subspace of $\mathbb R^n$, called the solution space

and I was told to prove it in at least 2 different ways. I know one way to prove it is through the subspace test, but I'm having trouble thinking about another way to prove this theorem

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Either way you would invoke subspace test, but it might be just deeply buried. Here is one way I can think of. Let's $A$ be a matrix $m\times n$ and equations $Ax=0$ have $k$ free variables. Each solution then is defined by the set of $k$ numbers. Thus, the solution is isomorphic to $\mathbb{R}^k$. We know that $\mathbb{R}^k$ is a subspace of $\mathbb{R}^n$ and thus the solution is a subspace in the space of all vectors. But I am basically deferring the subspace test (for $\mathbb{R}^k$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$).