How do you find the magnitude of #<5,6># and write it as a sum of the unit vectors?
1 Answer
Aug 5, 2017
Explanation:
We'll call the given vector
The magnitude of a vector is given by
#|vecA| = sqrt((A_x)^2 + (A_y)^2) = sqrt(5^2 + 6^2) = color(blue)(ulbar(|stackrel(" ")(" "7.810" ")|)#
Vectors in the notation
#< 5,6 > = color(blue)(ulbar(|stackrel(" ")(" "5hati + 6hatj" ")|)#