Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 12 - Section 12.2 - Vectors - 12.2 Exercises - Page 805: 26

Answer

As a result $\frac{4}{7}\langle6,2,-3\rangle$ is a vector in the same direction as $\langle 6,2,-3\rangle$ with a length of $4$.

Work Step by Step

We are given the vector $\langle6,2,-3\rangle$. In order to get a vector in the same direction with a length of $4$ we can simply divide by the length of the given vector and multiply by $4$. $|\langle6,2,-3\rangle|=\sqrt{(6)^2+(2)^2+(-3)^2}=\sqrt{49}=7\Rightarrow \frac{4}{7}\langle6,2,-3\rangle$
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