Calculus: Early Transcendentals
Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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Author: James Stewart
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Use the following:

a = 23i +2j -k , b =i -2j

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a) Find the component vector of a onto b

b) Find the projection of a onto b

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Component vector of a on b is [(a.b)×b]/|b|.

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When the magnitude of vector b was found in the denominator, shouldn't it have been squared afterwards making the square root of 5 into just 5?

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