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Example Question #43 : Norms
These two vectors form two sides of a triangle. In which range does the area of the triangle fall?
The area of a triangle formed by two vectors in is half the norm of their cross-product - that is
The cross-product is equal to the "determinant" of the matrix
,
where .
which can be calculated by adding the upper-left to lower-right products and subtracting the upper-right to lower-left products:
The norm of this vector is the square root of the sum of the squares of the entries:
The area of the triangle falls in the range .
Example Question #42 : Norms
and form two sides of a triangle. Is the triangle acute, right, or obtuse?
Right
Acute
Obtuse
Acute
First, find the angle between the vectors using the formula
Find the dot product by adding the products of corresponding entries:
Find the lengths, or norms, of and , by taking the square roots of the sums of the squares of their entries:
Therefore,
To find the measures of the other angles, it is necessary to find the length of the third side, which is equal to .
, so
.
It follows that the triangle is isosceles. This third side, which is one of the two congruent sides, is opposite the angle; by the Isosceles Triangle Theorem the angle opposite the other congruent side is also . The measure of the third angle is
.
All three angles are acute, so the triangle is an acute triangle.
Example Question #44 : Norms
Find the unit vector in the same direction as .
None of the other choices gives the correct response.
The unit vector in the same direction as is
is the norm of , which can be calculated by finding the square root of the sum of the squares of its entries:
Thus, the unit vector is
Example Question #181 : Operations And Properties
Find the unit vector in the same direction as .
itself is a unit vector.
The unit vector in the same direction as is
is the norm of , which can be calculated by finding the square root of the sum of the squares of its entries:
Thus, the unit vector is
Example Question #51 : Norms
In terms of , find the unit vector in the same direction as .
The unit vector in the same direction as is
is the norm of , which can be calculated by finding the square root of the sum of the squares of its entries:
.
Therefore, the unit vector is
.
Example Question #52 : Norms
.
Find the unit vector in the same direction as .
is itself a unit vector
The unit vector in the same direction as is .
is the norm of , which can be calculated by finding the square root of the sum of the squares of its entries:
Thus, the unit vector is
Example Question #53 : Norms
Find the unit vector in the same direction as .
itself is a unit vector.
The unit vector in the same direction as is
is the norm of , which can be calculated by finding the square root of the sum of the squares of its entries:
Thus, the unit vector is
Example Question #1 : Linear Independence And Rank
Determine whether the following vectors in Matrix form are Linearly Independent.
The vectors aren't Linearly Independent
The vectors are Linearly Independent
The vectors are Linearly Independent
To figure out if the matrix is independent, we need to get the matrix into reduced echelon form. If we get the Identity Matrix, then the matrix is Linearly Independent.
Since we got the Identity Matrix, we know that the matrix is Linearly Independent.
Example Question #2 : Linear Independence And Rank
Find the rank of the following matrix.
We need to get the matrix into reduced echelon form, and then count all the non all zero rows.
The rank is 2, since there are 2 non all zero rows.
Example Question #1 : Linear Independence And Rank
Calculate the Rank of the following matrix
We need to put the matrix into reduced echelon form, and then count all the non-zero rows.
Since there is only 1 non-zero row, the Rank is 1.
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