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7.1 – Intro to Vectors

Find the component form, magnitude, and scalar product of each vector.
 2
A (2, 2) B ( 4, 1) C ( 1, 4) D  1, 
 5
7  2   7
E  ,0 F (3, 1) G  ,1 H  0,  
2  5   2
     
1. AC AC 4AC 3. GD GD 15GD
     
2. BF BF 10BF 4. EH EH 4EH

Find: a) u + v
b) u – v
c) 2u – 3v
d) v + 4u

5. u  4, 2 v  7,1
6. u  5,3 v  4, 0
7. u  0, 5 v  3,9

Find a unit vector in the direction of the given vector and verify that the resultant has a magnitude
of 1.
8. v  1,1
9. v  24i  7 j
10. v  8i  20 j

Write the vector as a linear combination of the standard unit vectors j and i.
Initial Terminal
11. (0, 2) (3, 6)
12. ( 6, 4) (0,1)

Find the linear combination of v , where u  2i  j and w  i  2 j .

13. v  u  w
1
14. v  (3u  w)
2
15. v  2u  2w

Find the vector with the specified length. 17. Find a vector with length 5 in the direction
16. Find a vector with length 6 in the direction of v  3,9
of v  2,5