Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-13311-087-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-13311-087-3

Chapter 5 - Inner Product Spaces - Review Exercises - Page 284: 21

Answer

all the vectors spanned by the vectors $\{(1,0,0),(0,1,\frac{4}{3})\}$ are orthogonal to $u$.

Work Step by Step

Let $u=(0,-4,3)$ and $v=(a,b,c)$ such that $u$ is orthogonal to $v$, that is $$u\cdot v=0 \Longrightarrow -4b+3c=0.$$ Now, assume that, $a=s$ and $b=t$, then we get the solution, $$a=s, \quad b=t, \quad c=\frac{4}{3}t$$ that is, $v=(s,t,\frac{4}{3}t)=s(1,0,0)+t(0,1,\frac{4}{3})$ Hence, all the vectors spanned by the vectors $\{(1,0,0),(0,1,\frac{4}{3})\}$ are orthogonal to $u$.
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