(a)
\The initial and terminal points of a vector v is
and
.
Graph :
\(1) Draw the coordinate plane.
\(2) Plot the initial and terminal points.
\(3) Connect the plotted points.
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Arrow indicates the direction of the vector from the initial point.
\(b)
\If
and
are the initial and terminal points then the component form of a vector is
.
Where
and
are the components of the vector.
The components of the vector
is
The component form of a vector
is
.
(c)
\The linear combination of the vector
is
.
The linear combination of the vector
is
.
(d)
\Graph :
\(1) Draw the coordinate plane.
\(2) Plot the initial point at origin and vector
.
(3) Connect the plotted points.
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Arrow indicates the direction of the vector from the origin.
\(a) Graph of the directed line segment from initial point to terminal point :
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(b) The component form of a vector
is
.
(c) The linear combination of the vector
is
.
(d) Graph of the vector
from initial point at the origin :
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