Thursday, August 21, 2008

`||bbv|| = 8, bbu = ` Find the vector `bbv` with the given magnitude and the same direction as `bbu`.

The magnitude of a vector` u = a*i + b*j,` such that:


`|u| = sqrt(a^2+b^2)`


Since the problem provides the magnitude `|v| = 8` , yields:


`8= sqrt(a^2+b^2)`


The direction angle of the vector can be found using the formula, such that:


`tan theta = b/a`


Since the problem provides the information that the direction angle of the vector v coincides to the direction angle of vector u, yields:


`tan theta= 3/3 => tan theta = 1 =>b/a = 1 => a = b`


Replacing  a for b in equation `8 = sqrt(a^2+b^2)` yields:


`8 = sqrt(a^2+a^2)=> 8 = +-a*sqrt 2 => a = +-4sqrt2`


`b = +-4sqrt2`


Hence, the component form of the vector v can be `<4sqrt2,4sqrt2>` or `<-4sqrt2,-4sqrt2>.`

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