Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.6 - Vectors - Exercise Set - Page 782: 38

Answer

$\parallel \mathbf{u}-\mathbf{w}\parallel =\sqrt{10}$

Work Step by Step

Here, $\begin{align} & {{a}_{1}}=2 \\ & {{a}_{2}}=-1 \\ & {{b}_{1}}=-5 \\ & {{b}_{2}}=-6 \end{align}$ Therefore, $\begin{align} & \mathbf{u}-\mathbf{w}=\left[ 2-\left( -1 \right) \right]\mathbf{i}+\left[ -5-\left( -6 \right) \right]\mathbf{j} \\ & =3\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j} \end{align}$ Therefore, $\begin{align} & \left\| \mathbf{u}-\mathbf{w} \right\|=\sqrt{{{\left( 3 \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( 1 \right)}^{2}}} \\ & =\sqrt{9+1} \\ & =\sqrt{10} \end{align}$
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