Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 9 - Section 9.1 - Vectors in Two Dimensions - 9.1 Exercises - Page 637: 36

Answer

$2\vec{u}=2\vec{i}+2\vec{j}$ $-3\vec{v}=-3\vec{i}+3\vec{j}$ $\vec{u}+\vec{v}=2\vec{i}$ $3\vec{u}-4\vec{v}=-\vec{i}+7\vec{j}$

Work Step by Step

$\vec{u}=\vec{i}+\vec{j},$ $\vec{v}=\vec{i}-\vec{j}$ $2\vec{u}$ Multiply both components of the $\vec{u}$ by $2$: $2\vec{u}=2(\vec{i}+\vec{j})=2\vec{i}+2\vec{j}$ $-3\vec{v}$ Multiply both components of $\vec{v}$ by $-3$: $-3\vec{v}=-3(\vec{i}-\vec{j})=-3\vec{i}+3\vec{j}$ $\vec{u}+\vec{v}$ Add the same component from both vectors together and simplify: $\vec{u}+\vec{v}=(\vec{i}+\vec{j})+(\vec{i}-\vec{j})=(1+1)\vec{i}+(1-1)\vec{j}=2\vec{i}$ $3\vec{u}-4\vec{v}$ Multiply $\vec{u}$ by $3$ and $\vec{v}$ by $-4$, then add the two vectors together and simplify: $3\vec{u}-4\vec{v}=3(\vec{i}+\vec{j})-4(\vec{i}-\vec{j})=(3\vec{i}+3\vec{j})+(-4\vec{i}+4\vec{j})=...$ $...=(3-4)\vec{i}+(3+4)\vec{j}=-\vec{i}+7\vec{j}$
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