SOLUTION: If vector a is 3i minus 2j plus k, find the unit vector c

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Question 1149370: If vector a is 3i minus 2j plus k, find the unit vector c
Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, ikleyn:
Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


There is nothing in the problem that tells the relationship between vector a and vector c....
Answer by ikleyn(52794)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The unit vector "c", directed as vector "a" ( = parallel to vector "a") is


    c = as a vector =  = .


Its components are :  i-component = ;

                      j-component = ;

                      k-component = .


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