Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.7 - The Dot Product - Exercise Set - Page 799: 85

Answer

$\mathbf{v}=3\mathbf{i}-2\mathbf{j}$

Work Step by Step

The vector $\mathbf{v}$ with initial point ${{P}_{1}}=\left( {{x}_{1}},{{y}_{1}} \right)$ and the terminal point ${{P}_{2}}=\left( {{x}_{2}},{{y}_{2}} \right)$ can be written as below: $\mathbf{v}=\left( {{x}_{2}}-{{x}_{1}} \right)\mathbf{i}+\left( {{y}_{2}}-{{y}_{1}} \right)\mathbf{j}$ Here, $\left( {{x}_{1}},{{y}_{1}} \right)=\left( 2,-1 \right)$ and $\left( {{x}_{2}},{{y}_{2}} \right)=\left( 5,-3 \right)$. So, the vector $\mathbf{v}$ is given by, $\begin{align} & \mathbf{v}=\left( {{x}_{2}}-{{x}_{1}} \right)\mathbf{i}+\left( {{y}_{2}}-{{y}_{1}} \right)\mathbf{j} \\ & =\left( 5-2 \right)\mathbf{i}+\left[ -3-\left( -1 \right) \right]\mathbf{j} \\ & =3\mathbf{i}-2\mathbf{j} \end{align}$
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