Linear Algebra : Vector-Vector Product

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Linear Algebra

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Example Question #131 : Matrices

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Example Question #132 : Matrices

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Example Question #11 : Vector Vector Product

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Example Question #12 : Vector Vector Product

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Example Question #13 : Vector Vector Product

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Example Question #14 : Vector Vector Product

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Example Question #831 : Linear Algebra

Let  and  be vectors defined by

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Find the dot product .

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The dimensions do not match and the dot product does not exist.

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Vectors  and  are both of length 4. The dimensions match and the dot product exists.

Example Question #16 : Vector Vector Product

Let  and  be vectors defined by 

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Find the cross product .

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The cross product does not exist.

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We can find the cross product by calculating the determinant of the following matrix

Example Question #17 : Vector Vector Product

Let  and  be vectors defined by

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Find the cross product .

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The cross product does not exist.

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We find the cross product by finding the determinant of the following matrix

Example Question #11 : Vector Vector Product

The expression  yields a polynomial of what degree?

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The dot product  is the sum of the products of entries in corresponding positions, so

The degree of a term of a polynomial is the sum of the exponents of its variables. Each term in this polynomial has exponent sum 5, so each term has degree 5. The degree of the polynomial is the greatest of the degrees, so the polynomial has degree 5.

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