Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Inner Product Spaces - 5.3 Orthonormal Bases: Gram-Schmidt Process - 5.3 Exercises - Page 257: 15

Answer

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Work Step by Step

Let $u=(-1,4)$ and $v=(8,2)$; then we have: (a) Since $$u\cdot v=-8+8=0,$$ then the set is orthogonal. (b) To normalize the set, we have $$u_1=\frac{1}{\|u\|}u=\frac{1}{\sqrt{17}}(-1,4),$$ $$v_1=\frac{1}{\|v\|}v=\frac{1}{\sqrt{68}}(8,2).$$ Now, the set $\{u_1,v_1\}$ is an orthonormal set.
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