Chapter 6: Q5E (page 331)
Compute the quantities in Exercises 1-8 using the vectors
\({\mathop{\rm u}\nolimits} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{ - 1}\\2\end{aligned}} \right),{\rm{ }}{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}4\\6\end{aligned}} \right),{\rm{ }}{\mathop{\rm w}\nolimits} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}3\\{ - 1}\\{ - 5}\end{aligned}} \right),{\rm{ }}{\mathop{\rm x}\nolimits} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}6\\{ - 2}\\3\end{aligned}} \right)\)
5. \(\left( {\frac{{{\mathop{\rm u}\nolimits} \cdot {\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} }}{{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} \cdot {\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} }}} \right){\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} \)
Short Answer
The value is \(\left( {\frac{{{\mathop{\rm u}\nolimits} \cdot {\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} }}{{{\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} \cdot {\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} }}} \right){\mathop{\rm v}\nolimits} = \left( {\begin{aligned}{*{20}{c}}{\frac{8}{{13}}}\\{\frac{{12}}{{13}}}\end{aligned}} \right)\).