(a) Express the vector a × b in the form aa + 3b + yc, assuming that the vectors a, b and c are not coplanar.

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PLS DO FAST.. I WILL GIVE LIKE FOR SURE SOLUTION MUST BE IN TYPED FORM. There is a solution at the back of the textbook, Vector Calculus, by P.C. Matthews, but the explanation for getting the coefficients alpha, beta, gamma is not well explained. How do you derive the coefficients? These were the coefficients the author wrote down.
a
B
Y
= (a-bb-c-a-c|b|²)/a. bxc,
(a.cb.a-b.ca/2)/a. bxc,
(la|²b|²(a b)²2)/a. bxc.
Transcribed Image Text:a B Y = (a-bb-c-a-c|b|²)/a. bxc, (a.cb.a-b.ca/2)/a. bxc, (la|²b|²(a b)²2)/a. bxc.
(a) Express the vector a × b in the form aa + 3b + yc, assuming
that the vectors a, b and c are not coplanar.
Transcribed Image Text:(a) Express the vector a × b in the form aa + 3b + yc, assuming that the vectors a, b and c are not coplanar.
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