Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

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

Chapter 9 - Section 9.2 - The Dot Product - 9.2 Exercises - Page 646: 41

Answer

$(u+v)\cdot w=u \cdot w+v \cdot w$

Work Step by Step

Let $u=\lt p_1,p_2 \gt ; v=\lt q_1,q_2 \gt$ and $w=\lt r_1,r_2 \gt$ Here, we have $u+v=\lt p_1+q_1, p_2+q_2\gt$ Now, $(u+v)\cdot w=\lt p_1+q_1, p_2+q_2\gt \cdot \lt r_1,r_2 \gt$ $(p_1+q_1)r_1+ (p_2+q_2) r_2=p_1r_1+p_2r_2+q_1r_1+q_2r_2$ Next consider, $u \cdot w+v \cdot w=p_1r_1+p_2r_2+q_1r_1+q_2r_2$ Hence, $(u+v)\cdot w=u \cdot w+v \cdot w$
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