Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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ISBN 10: 0-13446-914-3
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Chapter 6 - Section 6.7 - The Dot Product - Exercise Set - Page 792: 15

Answer

$20$

Work Step by Step

Find the scalar, $4\left( \mathbf{u}\cdot \mathbf{v} \right)$ as, $\begin{align} & 4\left( \mathbf{u}\cdot \mathbf{v} \right)\mathbf{=}4\left[ \left( 2\mathbf{i-j} \right)\cdot \left( 3\mathbf{i+j} \right) \right] \\ & =4\left[ 2\cdot 3+\left( -1 \right)\cdot 1 \right] \\ & =4\left( 6-1 \right) \\ & =4\times 5 \end{align}$ Solve ahead to get the result as, $\begin{align} & 4\left( \mathbf{u}\cdot \mathbf{v} \right)=4\times 5 \\ & =20 \end{align}$ Hence, the scalar of $4\left( \mathbf{u}\cdot \mathbf{v} \right)$ is $20$.
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