How do you normalize # (-5i + 12j+ 2 k)#?
1 Answer
Jan 24, 2016
Normalizing a vector means making a unit vector in the same direction by dividing each component of the vector by the length of the original vector. In this case the normalized vector is
Explanation:
First find the length of the vector. If a vector is
The length of the given vector,
We can express the normalized vector in two equivalent ways:
OR