University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321999584
ISBN 13: 978-0-32199-958-0

Chapter 11 - Questions to Guide Your Review - Page 637: 1

Answer

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Work Step by Step

Two vectors are said to equal when they have the same direction and have the same magnitude or length. The two line segments $\overrightarrow{AB}$ and $\overrightarrow{CD} $ will represent the same vector when the following conditions are satisfied. a) The directions or unit vectors, $\dfrac{\overrightarrow{AB}}{|\overrightarrow{AB}|} $ and $\dfrac{\overrightarrow{CD}}{|\overrightarrow{CD}|}$ are equal. b) When the two $\overrightarrow{AB}$ and $\overrightarrow{CD} $ will have equal magnitudes or lengths; that is, $|\overrightarrow{AB}|=|\overrightarrow{CD}|$.
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