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Vector Analysis: Dot Product of Vector
Vector Analysis: Dot Product of Vector
Lets try: find the dot product of
and
Properties of The Dot Product
If u, v and w are vectors, and c is a scalar, then
Find it please …
⃗ 2
𝑢 ∙𝑢 𝑢‖
⃗ =‖⃗
Exercise
1. Let
. Find:
a. )
Law of Cosines
2 2 2
𝑎 =𝑏 +𝑐 − 2 𝑏𝑐 𝐶𝑜𝑠 𝐴
𝐴 𝜃
⃗𝑢
𝜃
𝑐 𝑎
⃗𝑣
⃗𝑢 − ⃗𝑣
𝐵
Finding the Dot Product
⃗𝑢
𝜃
Based on the cosines law, we obtain:
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
⃗𝑣
‖𝑢⃗ − ⃗𝑣‖ =‖𝑢⃗‖ +‖⃗𝑣‖ −𝟐‖𝑢⃗ ‖‖⃗𝑣‖𝑪𝒐𝒔 𝜽
⃗𝑣
⃗𝑢 − Remember that
⃗𝒖 ∙⃗𝒗 =‖𝒖⃗‖‖⃗𝒗‖𝑪𝒐𝒔 𝜽
? ? ?
Possibilities
angles between two vectors
and its indicate relation
If or
𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑙 𝑣𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
If 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑣𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝑂𝑟𝑡h𝑜𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙(2 𝐷)
𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙(3 𝐷)
Perpendicular Criterion
for vector,
What if the
⃗𝒗
𝜽
𝒘
⃗
𝑷𝒓 ⃗𝒘 ⃗𝒗
⃗𝒗
𝜽 𝒘
⃗
𝑷𝒓 ⃗𝒘 ⃗𝒗
⃗𝒗 ∙ ⃗
𝒘
How you Find the ‖𝑷𝒓 ⃗𝒘 ⃗𝒗‖= ‖⃗𝒘‖
𝑷𝒓 ⃗𝒘 ⃗
𝒗 =‖𝑷𝒓 ⃗𝒘 ⃗
𝒗‖∙ 𝒘
^
⃗𝒗
Then??
𝜽 𝒘
⃗
𝑷𝒓 ⃗𝒘 ⃗𝒗
Exercise
Let ;
Find:
Task