Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 11 - Vectors and the Geometry of Space - 11.3 Exercises - Page 773: 39

Answer

$$\eqalign{ & \left( {\bf{a}} \right){{\bf{w}}_1} = \left\langle { - 2,2,2} \right\rangle \cr & \left( {\bf{b}} \right){{\bf{w}}_2} = \left\langle {2,1,1} \right\rangle \cr} $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Let the vectors be }}{\bf{u}} = \left\langle {0,3,3} \right\rangle ,{\text{ }}{\bf{v}} = \left\langle { - 1,1,1} \right\rangle \cr & \left( {\bf{a}} \right){\text{ Let }}{{\bf{w}}_1} = {\text{pro}}{{\text{j}}_{\bf{v}}}{\bf{u}} = \left( {\frac{{{\bf{u}} \cdot {\bf{v}}}}{{{{\left\| {\bf{v}} \right\|}^2}}}} \right){\bf{v}} \cr & {{\bf{w}}_1} = \left( {\frac{{\left\langle {0,3,3} \right\rangle \cdot \left\langle { - 1,1,1} \right\rangle }}{{{{\left\| {\left\langle { - 1,1,1} \right\rangle } \right\|}^2}}}} \right)\left\langle { - 1,1,1} \right\rangle \cr & {{\bf{w}}_1} = \left( {\frac{{0 + 3 + 3}}{{1 + 1 + 1}}} \right)\left\langle { - 1,1,1} \right\rangle \cr & {{\bf{w}}_1} = 2\left\langle { - 1,1,1} \right\rangle \cr & {{\bf{w}}_1} = \left\langle { - 2,2,2} \right\rangle \cr & \cr & \left( {\bf{b}} \right){\text{From the Definitions of Projection and Vector Components}} \cr & {{\bf{w}}_2} = {\bf{u}} - {{\bf{w}}_1}{\text{ is called the }}{\bf{vector}}{\text{ }}{\bf{component}}{\text{ }}{\bf{of}}{\text{ }}{\bf{u}}{\text{ }}{\bf{orthogonal}} \cr & {\bf{to}}{\text{ }}{\bf{v}}. \cr & {{\bf{w}}_2} = \left\langle {0,3,3} \right\rangle - \left\langle { - 2,2,2} \right\rangle \cr & {{\bf{w}}_2} = \left\langle {0 + 2,3 - 2,3 - 2} \right\rangle \cr & {{\bf{w}}_2} = \left\langle {2,1,1} \right\rangle \cr} $$
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