University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 1 - Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors - Problems - Exercises - Page 32: 1.85

Answer

$C_{x}=-8.0, C_{y} =-6.1$

Work Step by Step

Vectors A and C are perpendicular, so the dot product would return 0. $A_{x} \times C_{x} + A_{y}\times C_{y} = 0$ Which gives, $5.0C_{x}-6.5C_{y}=0$ The dot product of B and C returns 15, so 3.5$C_{x}$-7.0$C_{y}$=15.0 With the 2 equations, we solve it and returns $C_{x}=-8.0, C_{y} =-6.1$ You may proceed to check that the dot product returns the necessary values.
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