Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 11 - Three-Dimensional Space; Vectors - 11.2 Vectors - Exercises Set 11.2 - Page 783: 28

Answer

\[ \vec{w}+\vec{v}=\left\langle\frac{1}{2}, \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right\rangle \] \[ \vec{v}-\vec{w}=\left\langle-\frac{3}{2}, \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right\rangle \]

Work Step by Step

Let $\vec{v}=\langle a, b\rangle$ be a vector in 2d-space. The base of this vector and angle for the positive $x$ axis are: \[ \begin{aligned} &\sqrt{b^{2}+a^{2}}=\|\vec{v}\| \\ b / a=\tan \phi & \end{aligned} \] respectively. So \[ \quad b=\|\vec{v}\| \sin \phi, a=\|\vec{v}\| \cos \phi \] $\vec{v}$ can be written as \[ \vec{v}=\langle a, b\rangle=\langle\cos \phi, \sin \phi\rangle\|\vec{v}\| \] So: \[ \begin{array}{l} \vec{u}=\left\langle\cos 120^{\circ}, \sin 120^{\circ}\right\rangle\|\vec{v}\|=\left\langle-\frac{1}{2}, \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right\rangle \\ \vec{w}=\left\langle\cos 0^{\circ}, \sin 0^{\circ}\right\rangle\|\vec{w}\|=\langle 1,0\rangle \end{array} \] The sum and the difference between these vectors are \[ \begin{array}{l} \vec{w}+\vec{v}=\langle 1,0\rangle+\left\langle-\frac{1}{2}, \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right\rangle=\left\langle\frac{1}{2}, \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right\rangle \\ -\vec{w}+\vec{v}=-\langle 1,0\rangle+\left\langle-\frac{1}{2}, \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right\rangle=\left\langle-\frac{3}{2}, \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right\rangle \end{array} \]
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