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: 20

Answer

\[\mathbf{j}\]

Work Step by Step

\[\begin{align} & \text{Let the vectors be: }\mathbf{u}=2\mathbf{k},\text{ }\mathbf{v}=4\mathbf{i}+6\mathbf{k} \\ & \\ & \text{Find }\mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v} \\ & \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v}=\left| \begin{matrix} \mathbf{i} & \mathbf{j} & \mathbf{k} \\ 0 & 0 & 2 \\ 4 & 0 & 6 \\ \end{matrix} \right| \\ & \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v}=\left| \begin{matrix} 0 & 2 \\ 0 & 6 \\ \end{matrix} \right|\mathbf{i}-\left| \begin{matrix} 0 & 2 \\ 4 & 6 \\ \end{matrix} \right|\mathbf{j}+\left| \begin{matrix} 0 & 0 \\ 4 & 0 \\ \end{matrix} \right|\mathbf{k} \\ & \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v}=0\mathbf{i}+8\mathbf{j}+0\mathbf{k} \\ & \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v}=8\mathbf{j} \\ & \\ & \text{Finding a unit vector that is orthogonal to both }\mathbf{u}\text{ and }\mathbf{v} \\ & \frac{\mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v}}{\left\| \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v} \right\|}=\frac{8\mathbf{j}}{\sqrt{{{\left( 0 \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( 8 \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( 0 \right)}^{2}}}} \\ & \frac{\mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v}}{\left\| \mathbf{u}\times \mathbf{v} \right\|}=\mathbf{j} \\ \end{align}\]
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