Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.6 - Vectors - Exercise Set - Page 782: 36

Answer

$\sqrt{116}$

Work Step by Step

Here, $\begin{align} & a=2 \\ & b=-5 \\ & k=-2 \end{align}$ Therefore, $\begin{align} & -2\mathbf{u}=\left[ (-2)\times \left( 2 \right) \right]\mathbf{i}+\left[ (-2)\times \left( -5 \right) \right]\mathbf{j} \\ & =-4\mathbf{i}+10\mathbf{j} \end{align}$ So, $\begin{align} & \left\| -2\mathbf{u} \right\|=\sqrt{{{\left( -4 \right)}^{2}}+{{10}^{2}}} \\ & =\sqrt{16+100} \\ & =\sqrt{116} \end{align}$
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