Find 2 unit vectors orthogonal to both i+j+k and 2i+k

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2022-08-05

Find 2 unit vectors orthogonal to both i+j+k and 2i+k

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Jazmyn Bean

Jazmyn Bean

Beginner2022-08-06Added 18 answers

Find 2 unit vectors orthogonal to both i+j+k and 2i+k
i+j+k=<1,1,1>
2i+k=<2,0,1>
to find the orthogonal/perpendicular vectors to the two vectors we must do the cross product
[ i j k 1 1 1 2 0 1 ] = [ 1 1 1 1 ] i [ 1 1 2 1 ] j + [ 1 1 2 0 ] k = [ 1 ( 1 ) 0 ( 1 ) ] i [ 1 ( 1 ) 2 ( 1 ) ] j + [ 0 ( 1 ) 2 ( 1 ) ] k
=i+j-2k=<1,1,-2>
<1,1,-2> is a vector ortho. to both <1,1,1> and <2,0,1>
then we must calculate the unit vectors
v=<1,1,-2>
v | v | formula for unit vectors
equivalently we can rewrite it is
1 v v rewritten formula
| v | = | < 1 , 1 , 2 > | = 1 2 + 1 2 + ( 2 ) 2 = 1 + 1 + 4 = 6
± 1 6 < 1 , 1 , 2 >
thus the two unit vectors orthogonal to both i+j+k and 2i+k is
< 1 , 1 , 2 > 6   a n d   < 1 , 1 , 2 > 6
< 1 6 , 1 6 , 2 6 >   a n d   < 1 6 , 1 6 , 2 6 >
answer:
< 1 6 , 1 6 , 2 6 >   a n d   < 1 6 , 1 6 , 2 6 >

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