Calculus: Early Transcendentals
Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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ISBN: 9781285741550
Author: James Stewart
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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16. Describe in your own words the difference between a scalar and a vector.
17. Given the vector F = 12î + 20ĵ- 16k determine the following:
a. Multiply vector F by the scalar 3
3F =
b. Divide vector F by the scalar 4
F/4 =
c. Determine the magnitude of vector F
|F| =
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Transcribed Image Text:16. Describe in your own words the difference between a scalar and a vector. 17. Given the vector F = 12î + 20ĵ- 16k determine the following: a. Multiply vector F by the scalar 3 3F = b. Divide vector F by the scalar 4 F/4 = c. Determine the magnitude of vector F |F| =
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Scalar quantity is the quantity in which we consider only magnitude and vector is the quantity in which we consider magnitude as well as direction.

Given vector,

F=12i+20j-16k

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