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    Section 6.

    4 • Vectors and Dot Products 119


    Name______________________________________________
    Section 6.4 Vectors and Dot Products

    Objective: In this lesson you learned how to find the dot product of two
    vectors and find the angle between two vectors.

    Important Vocabulary Define each term or concept.

    Angle between two nonzero vectors The angle θ, 0 ≤ θ ≤ π, between the two
    nonzero vectors’ respective standard position vectors.
    Orthogonal Meeting at right angles; essentially the same meaning as
    “perpendicular.”

    I. The Dot Product of Two Vectors (Pages 460−461) What you should learn
    How to find the dot
    The dot product of u = 〈u1, u2〉 and v = 〈v1, v2〉 is product of two vectors
    u • v = u1v1 + u2v2 . This product yields a scalar . and use the Properties of
    the Dot Product

    Let u, v, and w be vectors in the plane or in space and let c be a


    scalar. Complete the following properties of the dot product:

    1. u • v = v•u
    2. 0 • v = 0
    3. u • (v + w) = u•v+u•w
    4. v • v = ||v||2
    5. c(u • v) = cu • v = u • cv

    Example 1: Find the dot product: 〈5, − 4〉 • 〈9, − 2〉.

    53

    II. The Angle Between Two Vectors (Pages 461−463)


    What you should learn
    If θ is the angle between two nonzero vectors u and v, then θ can How to find the angle
    between two vectors and
    be determined from cos θ = (u • v)/(||u|| ||v||) . how to determine
    whether two vectors are
    orthogonal
    Example 2: Find the angle between v = 〈5, − 4〉 and
    w = 〈9, − 2〉.

    26.13°

    Larson/Hostetler Precalculus/Precalculus with Limits Notetaking Guide IAE


    Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
    120 Chapter 8 • Additional Topics in Trigonometry

    An alternative way to calculate the dot product between two


    vectors u and v, given the angle θ between them, is
    u • v = ||u|| ||v|| cos θ .

    Two vectors u and v are orthogonal if u•v=0 .

    Example 3: Are the vectors u = 〈1, − 4〉 and v = 〈6, 2〉


    orthogonal?

    No

    III. Finding Vector Components (Pages 463−465) What you should learn
    How to write a vector as
    Let u and v be nonzero vectors such that u = w1 + w2, where w1 the sum of two vector
    and w2 are orthogonal and w1 is parallel to (or a scalar multiple components
    of) v. The vectors w1 and w2 are called vector components
    of u . The vector w1 is the projection of u onto v and is
    denoted by w1 = projv u . The vector w2 is given by
    w2 = u − w1 .

    Let u and v be nonzero vectors. The projection of u onto v is


    given by projv u = ((u • v)/||v||2) v .

    IV. Work (Page 466) What you should learn


    How to use vectors to
    The work W done by a constant force F as its point of find the work done by a
    application moves along the vector PQ is given by either of the force
    following:
    1. W = ||projPQF|| ||PQ||
    2. W = F • PQ

    Homework Assignment

    Page(s)

    Exercises

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