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Given two vectors, a = (a1, a2, a3) and b = (b1, b2, b3) describe how you would determine whether they are perpendicular.
Given two vectors, a = (a1, a2, a3) and b = (b1, b2, b3) describe how you would determine whether they are perpendicular.
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mathhelper
If 2 vectors are perpendicular, then their dot product = 0
a dot b = a1b1 + a2b2 + a3,b3
if that is zero, you have perpendicular vectors
e.g. u = <1,2,3> and b = < 2,5, -4>
then a dot b = 2 + 10 - 12 = 0 , so the vectors a and b are perpendicular.
a dot b = a1b1 + a2b2 + a3,b3
if that is zero, you have perpendicular vectors
e.g. u = <1,2,3> and b = < 2,5, -4>
then a dot b = 2 + 10 - 12 = 0 , so the vectors a and b are perpendicular.
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