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 - 11.4 Exercises - Page 781: 15

Answer

\[\begin{align} & \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v}=-2\mathbf{i}+3\mathbf{j}-\mathbf{k} \\ & \mathbf{u}\cdot \left( \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v} \right)=0 \\ & \mathbf{v}\cdot \left( \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v} \right)=0 \\ \end{align}\]

Work Step by Step

\[\begin{align} & \text{Let the vectors be: }\mathbf{u}=\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k},\text{ }\mathbf{v}=2\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}-\mathbf{k} \\ & \\ & \text{Find }\mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v} \\ & \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v}=\left| \begin{matrix} \mathbf{i} & \mathbf{j} & \mathbf{k} \\ 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 2 & 1 & -1 \\ \end{matrix} \right| \\ & \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v}=\left| \begin{matrix} 1 & 1 \\ 1 & -1 \\ \end{matrix} \right|\mathbf{i}-\left| \begin{matrix} 1 & 1 \\ 2 & -1 \\ \end{matrix} \right|\mathbf{j}+\left| \begin{matrix} 1 & 1 \\ 2 & 1 \\ \end{matrix} \right|\mathbf{k} \\ & \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v}=-2\mathbf{i}+3\mathbf{j}-\mathbf{k} \\ & \\ & \text{Now, show that }\mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v}\text{ is orthogonal to }\mathbf{u}\text{ and }\mathbf{v} \\ & \mathbf{u}\cdot \left( \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v} \right)=\left( \mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k} \right)\cdot \left( -2\mathbf{i}+3\mathbf{j}-\mathbf{k} \right) \\ & \mathbf{u}\cdot \left( \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v} \right)=-2+3-1 \\ & \mathbf{u}\cdot \left( \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v} \right)=0\to \mathbf{u}\bot \left( \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v} \right) \\ & \\ & \mathbf{v}\cdot \left( \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v} \right)=\left( 2\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}-\mathbf{k} \right)\cdot \left( -2\mathbf{i}+3\mathbf{j}-\mathbf{k} \right) \\ & \mathbf{v}\cdot \left( \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v} \right)=-4+3+1 \\ & \mathbf{v}\cdot \left( \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v} \right)=0\to \mathbf{u}\bot \left( \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v} \right) \\ \end{align}\]
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