SOLUTION: Hi all, I was hoping someone would show me how to Find the scalar products of the vectors: a = i - j + 3k and b = -i + 2j + k What can be said about the position of these ve

Question 317065: Hi all,
I was hoping someone would show me how to Find the scalar products of the vectors: a = i - j + 3k and b = -i + 2j + k
What can be said about the position of these vectors relative to eachother?
How can I determine a + b?
Some help with relavant steps and explanations would be great.
-Nick.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a=(1,-1,3)
b=(-1,2,1)
a.b=
Since the dot product is zero, the vectors are perpendicular to each other.
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Add the vectors component by component.
a+b=(1,-1,3)+(-1,2,1)=(1-1,-1+2,3+1)=(0,1,4)

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