Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 11 - Three-Dimensional Space; Vectors - 11.2 Vectors - Exercises Set 11.2 - Page 783: 32

Answer

\[ \left\langle\frac{2}{3}, \frac{2}{3}\right\rangle \]

Work Step by Step

The vectors are given as: \[ \quad \vec{v}=\langle 0,1\rangle, \vec{u}=\langle-1,1\rangle, \quad \text { and } \quad \vec{w}=\langle 3,4\rangle \] We need to find the $\vec {x}$ vector: \[ -2 \vec{x}+\vec{u}=-\vec{w}+3 \vec{v}+\vec{x} \] and then \[ \begin{aligned} 2 \vec{x}+ \vec{x} &=\vec{w}-3 \vec{v}+\vec{u} \\ 3 \vec{x} &=\langle 3,4\rangle-3\langle 0,1\rangle+\langle-1,1\rangle \\ &=\langle-1+3-0,1+4-3\rangle=\langle 2,2\rangle \end{aligned} \] So we have that \[ \vec{x}=\frac{1}{3}\langle 2,2\rangle=\left\langle\frac{2}{3}, \frac{2}{3}\right\rangle \]
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