MTH 274

Exercises 10.3 Solutions, part 1

Ex. 2

agb 3 2 1 3 3

Ex. 6

agb 3 2 0 1 3 0 6

Ex. 10
cos
cos

agb
a b
1 2 3 0 2 3

cos 1

1 9 4

49

8
182

8
o
0.936 (or 53.6 )
182

Ex. 14
agb 4 2 1 4 1 4 8 . The vectors are not orthogonal.
Note: Since the dot product is positive, we know the angle between the
vectors is acute.
Ex. 18
(a) One possible solution is the vector v j which is perpendicular to 2i
3k since the dot product will be 2(0) + 0(1) + (-3)(0) = 0.
Another possible solution is 3i 2k .
There are infinitely many solutions possible (think about it).
(b)

We need to make the dot product equal to 0.

9
a,2, 3 g 2,0, 3 2a 9 0 a .
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The desired vector is i 2 j 3k .
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