Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Application of Trigonometry - 8.4 Algebraically Defined Vectors and the Dot Product - 8.4 Exercises - Page 790: 51

Answer

$20$

Work Step by Step

Our aims is to compute the dot product , for this we will multiply the corresponding components together and then add. In general, we have the formula as: $ \lt a , b\gt \cdot \lt c, d \gt =ac+bd$ Therefore, $ \lt 4, 0 \gt \cdot \lt 5, -9 \gt = (4)(5)+(0)(-9)=20-0=20$
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