Vector spaces and bases

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Let $F_p = Z/pZ$ be the field with p elements for some prime p, and consider the vector space $V = F^3_p$ over $F_p$. Find an ordered basis for V containing the element $(1; 1; 1)$.

How does one go about finding a basis for an arbitrary modulo vector space?

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An easier set of vectors to work with is $(1,1,1),(0,1,0),(0,0,1)$.

In order to show that the vectors $v_1,v_2,v_3 \in \Bbb F^3$ are linearly independent, it suffices to show that the matrix $(v_1 ,v_2,v_3)$ is nonsingular. Try taking the determinant.