Concept explainers
To determine: The component form of the
Answer to Problem 8RE
The required component form is
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The length of the vector with the direction opposite to the direction
Formula used:
Magnitude of a vector:
Unit vector formula:
Calculation:
Consider the vector be
To find the component form of the above vector, first find the magnitude and unit vector of the vector.
Find the magnitude of the above vector using the formula
Find the unit vector using the formula
The given length of the vector is 5 units.
Multiply 5 with the above unit vector.
Write the component form of the vector as:
Hence, the required component form is
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