Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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Chapter1: Functions And Models
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Problem 1RCC: (a) What is a function? What are its domain and range? (b) What is the graph of a function? (c) How...
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Transcribed Image Text:16. The figure shows a vector a in the xy-plane and a vector b in
the direction of k. Their lengths are |a|-3 and | b|-2.
(a) Find a x b.
(b) Use the right-hand rule to decide whether the components
of a xb are positive, negative, or 0.
A
17. If a = (2, -1, 3) and b = (4, 2, 1), find a × b and b x a.
18. If a = (1, 0, 1), b = (2, 1, -1), and c = (0, 1, 3), show
that a X (b X c) = (a × b) X c.
19. Find two unit vectors orthogonal to both (3, 2, 1) and
(-1, 1, 0).
20. Find two unit vectors orthogonal to both j - k and i + j.
21. Show that 0 Xa=0= a × 0 for any vector a in V₁.
22. Show that (a × b) · b −0 for all vectors a and b in V₁.
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