Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

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

Chapter 9 - Section 9.5 - The Cross Product - 9.5 Exercises - Page 665: 6

Answer

$0\hat{i}+0\hat{j}+0\hat{k}$ or, $\lt 0,0,0 \gt$

Work Step by Step

Let us consider $u=\lt -2,3,4 \gt$ and $v=\lt \dfrac{1}{6},\dfrac{-1}{4},\dfrac{-1}{3} \gt$ Now, $\hat{n}=u \times v=\begin{vmatrix}i&j&k\\-2&3&4\\\dfrac{1}{6}&\dfrac{-1}{4}&\dfrac{-1}{3}\end{vmatrix}$ or, $u \times v=[3(\dfrac{-1}{3})-4(\dfrac{-1}{4})] i+[(4)(\dfrac{1}{6})-(-2)(\dfrac{-1}{3})]j+[ -2(\dfrac{-1}{4})-3(\dfrac{1}{6})]k$ or, $u \times v=(-1+1)i+(\dfrac{-2}{3}+\dfrac{2}{3})j+( \dfrac{1}{2}-\dfrac{1}{2}) k$ Thus, $u \times v=0\hat{i}+0\hat{j}+0\hat{k}$
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