Question

How do you find the unit vector in the direction of the given vector of `w=-6i`?

Answer 1

`-hati`

Explanation:

For the unit vector in the direction of a given vector:

`v_2= v_1/||v_1||`

From example:

`w=(-6hat(i))/||-6hati||`

`||-6||=sqrt((-6)^2)=6`

`w=(-6hati)/6=-hati`