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Orthogonalizing vectors. Suppose that a and b are any n-vectors. Show that we can always find a scalar γ so that (a − γb) ⊥ b, a

jeka57 [31]

Answer:

$\\ \gamma= \frac{a\cdot b}{b\cdot b}$

Step-by-step explanation:

The question to be solved is the following :

Suppose that a and b are any n-vectors. Show that we can always find a scalar γ so that (a − γb) ⊥ b, and that γ is unique if $b \neq 0$ . Recall that given two vectors a,b a⊥ b if and only if $a\cdot b =0$ where $\cdot$ is the dot product defined in $\mathbb{R}^n$ . Suposse that $b\neq 0$ . We want to find γ such that $(a-\gamma b)\cdot b=0$ . Given that the dot product can be distributed and that it is linear, the following equation is obtained

$(a-\gamma b)\cdot b = 0 = a\cdot b - (\gamma b)\cdot b= a\cdot b - \gamma b\cdot b$

Recall that $a\cdot b, b\cdot b$ are both real numbers, so by solving the value of γ, we get that

$\gamma= \frac{a\cdot b}{b\cdot b}$

By construction, this γ is unique if $b\neq 0$ , since if there was a $\gamma_2$ such that $(a-\gamma_2b)\cdot b = 0$ , then

$\gamma_2 = \frac{a\cdot b}{b\cdot b}= \gamma$

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3 years ago

Simply: -2 1/3 - (-10 1/6)

iren [92.7K]

Answer: 7.83

Step-by-step explanation:

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Cube-shaped blocks are packed into a cube-shaped storage container. The edge length of the storage container is 212 feet. The

igor_vitrenko [27]

Answer:

The volume of cube-shaped block is 0.125 cubic feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Edge length of storage container =

$2\dfrac{1}{2}\text{ feet}$

Edge length of block =

$\dfrac{1}{5}\times \text{Edge length of container}$

Putting value we get,

Edge length of block =

$\dfrac{1}{5}\times 2\dfrac{1}{2}\\\\=\dfrac{1}{5}\times \dfrac{5}{2}\\\\=\dfrac{1}{2}\text{ feet}$

Volume of cube-shaped block = Volume of cube

$V = \text{(Edge)}^3\\\\V =(\dfrac{1}{2})^3\\\\V = \dfrac{1}{8}\text{ cubic feet}\\\\V = 0.125\text{ cubic feet}$

Thus, the volume of cube-shaped block is 0.125 cubic feet.

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3 years ago

Kendra owns a restaurant. She charges $3.00 for 2 eggs and one piece of toast, and $1.80 for one egg and one piece of toast. How

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1.20 for egg and .60 for toast

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A lookout tower is 16 meters tall. Its shadow is 12 meters long. Close by, there is a wooden column that is 4 meters tall. How l

Lelechka [254]

Answer:

3 metres

Step-by-step explanation:

If we draw this out, we'll see that there are actually two similar right triangles (see attachment), which means that we can set up a proportion.

The height of the lookout tower corresponds to the height of the wooden column, while the shadow of the lookout tower corresponds to the shadow of the wooden column. We can then write:

(height of lookout tower) / (shadow of tower) = (height of column) / (shadow of column)

16 / 12 = 4 / x , where x is the shadow / unknown we want to find

Cross-multiply:

16x = 48

x = 3

The answer is thus 3 metres.

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