Precalculus: Concepts Through Functions, A Unit Circle Approach to Trigonometry (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Polar Coordinates; Vectors - Section 8.5 The Dot Product - 8.5 Assess Your Understanding - Page 636: 14

Answer

(a) $75$ (b) $0$ (c) parallel.

Work Step by Step

(a) Given $\vec v=3i-4j, \vec w=9i-12j$, we have $\vec v\cdot\vec w=3(9)+(-4)(-12)=75$ (b) we can find the angle between the two vectors $\theta=cos^{-1}(\frac{\vec v\cdot\vec w}{||\vec v||||\vec w||})=cos^{-1}(\frac{75}{\sqrt {9+16}\sqrt {81+144}})=0$ (c) the vectors are parallel.
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