Asked by Luis
Find a unit vector in the direction of the given vector.
v=(1,-1)
v=(1,-1)
Answers
Answered by
Reiny
for any unit vector in the direction of (a,b)
....
find the length of the vector
= √(a^2+b^2)
now divide each component by that magnitude
to get (a/√(a^2+b^2) , b/√(a^2+b^2)
or you could write it as
(1/√(a^2+b^2) (a,b)
apply this to your vector, let me know what you got
apply this to your vector
....
find the length of the vector
= √(a^2+b^2)
now divide each component by that magnitude
to get (a/√(a^2+b^2) , b/√(a^2+b^2)
or you could write it as
(1/√(a^2+b^2) (a,b)
apply this to your vector, let me know what you got
apply this to your vector
Answered by
Luis
I got (1/Square root of 2,-1/square root of 2)
Thanks
Thanks
Answered by
Reiny
correct
notice you can check that the magnitude is 1
magnitude
= √( (1/√2)^2 + (-1/√2)^2 )
=√( 1/2 + 1/2)
= √1
= 1
notice you can check that the magnitude is 1
magnitude
= √( (1/√2)^2 + (-1/√2)^2 )
=√( 1/2 + 1/2)
= √1
= 1
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