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2.5 Linear Combinations of Vectors
2.5 Linear Combinations of Vectors
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&'C( is a parallelo!ram.
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$+% $5%
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E,-. is a parallelo!ram.
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uuu r FG )
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Answers :
$1% AC = x + y $+% EG = 2 x + y
uuu r uuu r
$2% QR = y + x
uuu r
Task 2 : ,or each of the follo in! #ia!rams1 express the "ector PQ in terms of x an# y . % % $1% $2%
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$5% FG = x + 2 y
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y % y %
x %
x %
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$+%
y %
y %
x %
x %
uuu r PQ )
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y %
x %
y %
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$2% $3%
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y % y %
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Answers : $1% PQ = 2 x + y
uuu r PQ ) uuu r
$2% PQ = x y
uuu r
uuu r % % PQ = *x + 2 y $5% % %
uuu r % % PQ = 2x y $/% % % 2
$*% PQ = * x + y
uuu r
uuu r % % PQ = 2 x + y $2% % %
$+% PQ = 2 x + 2 y
uuu r
% uuu r % PQ = x * y $3% % %
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