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Example Question #301 : Vectors And Vector Operations
Solve:
To subtract two vectors, we must take the difference between the corresponding components (for example, )
Our final answer is
Example Question #301 : Vectors And Vector Operations
Find the difference between the vectors and
To find the difference between two vectors and , you use the formula
Using the vectors from the problem statement, we get
Example Question #2311 : Calculus 3
Find the vector difference , where and .
If and , then the vector , called the "difference" of two vectors, is defined by the difference of its respective components; that is,
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We have and . Since subtraction of real numbers is not commutative, and the difference of vectors is defined by the differences of the real numbers which comprise their components, unless . Therefore, we must careful with the order in which the vectors and are subtracted. We can calculate the vector using the definition of the "difference" of two vectors as follows:
Hence, .
Example Question #2312 : Calculus 3
Solve:
The difference of two vectors is found by subtracting the corresponding components (for instance, )
Our final answer is
Example Question #312 : Vectors And Vector Operations
Find the difference of the vectors and
To find the difference between two vectors and , we use the formula
Using the vectors from the problem statement we get
Example Question #314 : Vectors And Vector Operations
Find the difference of the vectors and
To find the difference between two vectors and , we use the formula
Using the vectors from the problem statement we get
Example Question #315 : Vectors And Vector Operations
Find the difference between the vectors and
To find the difference between two vectors and , we use the formula
Using the vectors from the problem statement, we get
Example Question #2313 : Calculus 3
Evaluate the dot product between , and .
All we need to do is multiply like components.
Example Question #2314 : Calculus 3
Evaluate the dot product of , and .
All we need to do is multiply the like components and add them together.
Example Question #1 : Dot Product
Find the dot product of the following vectors:
To find the dot product between two vectors
we calculate
so for
we have
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