Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.6 - Vectors - Exercise Set - Page 782: 5

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Work Step by Step

The magnitude of a vector $\mathbf{v}=\text{a}\mathbf{i}\text{+b}\mathbf{j}$ can be given as $\text{ }\!\!|\!\!\text{ }\!\!|\!\!\text{ }\mathbf{v}\text{ }\!\!|\!\!\text{ }\!\!|\!\!\text{ }=\sqrt{{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}}$ Comparing the above vector with the provided vector $\mathbf{v}=\text{3}\mathbf{i}\text{+}\mathbf{j}$. $ a=3,b=1$ Substituting the values of a and b, we get $\begin{align} & ||\mathbf{v}||=\sqrt{{{3}^{2}}+{{1}^{2}}} \\ & ||\mathbf{v}||=\sqrt{10} \end{align}$ The magnitude of the given vector is $||\mathbf{v}||=\sqrt{10}$.
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